Kotwalia
Salkhua block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852126
· village code 226678
Population 2011
4,435
Census of India
Population 2020
5,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
565 people · 1.3% a year
Households
915
+15.8% vs 790 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,435
Male / female
2,357 / 2,078
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
882
Children aged 0–6
836
Literacy rate
35.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
39 / 0
Working population
1,217
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.0%
Households
790
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
920
Teachers
23
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
526
Non-farm households
389
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 400 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Situaha panchayat, Salkhua 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
₹32.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.55 lakh · received ₹6.24 lakh · spent ₹8.83 lakh · left ₹6.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.04 lakh · received ₹9.43 lakh · spent ₹14.09 lakh · left ₹18.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6577, 86.5923 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Saharsa district ·
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staffing across Saharsa ·
…and across Bihar