Kotwara
Paroo block · Muzaffarpur
district, Bihar · PIN 843107
· village code 228288
Population 2011
1,279
Census of India
Population 2020
1,520
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.8%
241 people · 1.9% a year
Households
305
+34.4% vs 227 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,279
Male / female
684 / 595
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
870
Children aged 0–6
246
Literacy rate
48.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
104 / 0
Working population
523
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.3%
Households
227
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
200
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
225
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
44 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
42 / 44 / 9
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kataru panchayat, Paroo 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
₹34.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.80 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹45.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.90 lakh · received ₹7.89 lakh · spent ₹17.60 lakh · left ₹6.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.51 lakh · received ₹11.91 lakh · spent ₹27.77 lakh · left ₹2.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0410, 85.0316 —
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