Pothia
Krityanand Nagar block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854201
· village code 223384
Population 2011
1,792
Census of India
Population 2020
2,270
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.7%
478 people · 2.7% a year
Households
523
+28.2% vs 408 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,792
Male / female
948 / 844
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
322
Literacy rate
49.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
125 / 2
Working population
605
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.7%
Households
408
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
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
280
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
47
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
398
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 110 / 78
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pothiya Rampur panchayat, Krityanand Nagar 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
₹30.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.78 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.35 lakh · received ₹8.28 lakh · spent ₹13.50 lakh · left ₹1.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.50 lakh · received ₹12.50 lakh · spent ₹33.69 lakh · left ₹3.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 87.3445 —
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