Bhotia
Simri Bakhtiarpur block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852106
· village code 226616
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,316 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 14,156 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,316
Male / female
1,213 / 1,103
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
909
Children aged 0–6
507
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
511 / 1
Working population
683
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.0%
Households
402
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
2,400
Teachers
50
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
800
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
1,500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,500 / 1,000 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mohammadpur panchayat, Simri Bakhtiarpur 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
₹44.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.96 lakh
Received directly
₹1.16 lakh
Spent
₹30.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.89 lakh · received ₹7.15 lakh · spent ₹10.54 lakh · left ₹14.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.40 lakh · received ₹10.80 lakh · spent ₹20.08 lakh · left ₹18.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 86.5241 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Saharsa district ·
School
staffing across Saharsa ·
…and across Bihar