Sohtha
Falka block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854114
· village code 224294
Population 2011
15,223
Census of India
Population 2020
17,963
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.0%
2,740 people · 1.9% a year
Households
4,680
+60.0% vs 2,926 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
15,223
Male / female
7,933 / 7,290
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
3,201
Literacy rate
43.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
708 / 371
Working population
6,175
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
2,926
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Sohatha South panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
500
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
71
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,397
Non-farm households
2,239
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
980 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
970 / 980 / 180
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sohatha South panchayat, Falka 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
₹22.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.33 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.54 lakh · received ₹6.11 lakh · spent ₹17.49 lakh · left ₹15,105
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.95 lakh · received ₹9.22 lakh · spent ₹16.66 lakh · left ₹3.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6396, 87.2787 —
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