Sotharia
Tardih block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847405
· village code 227200
Population 2011
400
Census of India
Population 2020
580
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.0%
180 people · 4.2% a year
Households
162
+76.1% vs 92 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
400
Male / female
202 / 198
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
100
Literacy rate
37.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
240 / 0
Working population
136
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.3%
Households
92
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
72
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
136
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
17 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 10 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rajakhar War panchayat, Tardih 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
₹30.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.54 lakh
Received directly
₹1.32 lakh
Spent
₹15.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.43 lakh · received ₹4.20 lakh · spent ₹5.92 lakh · left ₹19.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.92 lakh · received ₹6.34 lakh · spent ₹9.50 lakh · left ₹7.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2342, 86.1938 —
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