Koltha
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222606
Population 2011
7,996
Census of India
Population 2020
8,076
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.0%
80 people · 0.1% a year
Households
1,615
+1.1% vs 1,597 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,996
Male / female
4,155 / 3,841
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
1,815
Literacy rate
37.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
299 / 780
Working population
2,377
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.1%
Households
1,597
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
1,749
Teachers
22
Students per teacher
80
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,117
Non-farm households
434
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
608 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
608 / 532 / 76
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Koltha 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
₹38.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.21 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.55 lakh · received ₹8.05 lakh · spent ₹10.56 lakh · left ₹11.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.91 lakh · received ₹12.15 lakh · spent ₹26.85 lakh · left ₹10.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3243, 88.1102 —
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