Dhantola
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222584
Population 2011
1,452
Census of India
Population 2020
1,462
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.7%
10 people · 0.1% a year
Households
274
+1.1% vs 271 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,452
Male / female
736 / 716
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
973
Children aged 0–6
315
Literacy rate
44.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
35 / 0
Working population
448
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.2%
Households
271
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
297
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
59
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
196
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
63 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
63 / 30 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Udgara panchayat, Pothia zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹25.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.34 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.72 lakh · received ₹8.10 lakh · spent ₹6.14 lakh · left ₹10.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.37 lakh · received ₹12.23 lakh · spent ₹23.20 lakh · left ₹5.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3243, 88.1906 —
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