Motihara
Kishanganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855107
· village code 222913
Population 2011
4,517
Census of India
Population 2020
5,068
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.2%
551 people · 1.3% a year
Households
1,692
+108.4% vs 812 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,517
Male / female
2,325 / 2,192
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
1,071
Literacy rate
46.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
397 / 35
Working population
1,078
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.8%
Households
812
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
202
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
51
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
961
Non-farm households
695
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
190 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
190 / 190 / 190
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Halamala panchayat, Kishanganj 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
₹22.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.59 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.80 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.30 lakh · received ₹7.01 lakh · spent ₹15.57 lakh · left ₹73,295
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.39 lakh · received ₹10.58 lakh · spent ₹20.23 lakh · left ₹3.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1932, 87.9826 —
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