Mahsul
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222607
Population 2011
2,641
Census of India
Population 2020
2,667
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.0%
26 people · 0.1% a year
Households
575
+3.6% vs 555 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,641
Male / female
1,312 / 1,329
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,013
Children aged 0–6
627
Literacy rate
30.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 953
Working population
881
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
555
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
388
Non-farm households
166
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
182 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
182 / 159 / 23
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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