Pothia
Amour block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854327
· village code 223777
Population 2011
1,739
Census of India
Population 2020
1,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-36.8%
-639 people · -5.0% a year
Households
525
+21.0% vs 434 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,739
Male / female
916 / 823
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
898
Children aged 0–6
351
Literacy rate
56.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
467
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.4%
Households
434
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
300
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pothia Gangeli panchayat, Amour 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
₹28.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.60 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹31.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.52 lakh · received ₹5.02 lakh · spent ₹14.08 lakh · left ₹46,166
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.63 lakh · received ₹7.58 lakh · spent ₹17.58 lakh · left ₹8.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9640, 87.7183 —
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