Katosi
Bithan block · Samastipur
district, Bihar · PIN 848207
· village code 237346
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,625 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 7,195 — 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
2,625
Male / female
1,283 / 1,342
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,046
Children aged 0–6
594
Literacy rate
42.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
476 / 0
Working population
593
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.4%
Households
461
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 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
1,260
Teachers
21
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
221 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
221 / 117 / 65
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sihma panchayat, Bithan 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
₹22.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.99 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹31.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.15 lakh · received ₹7.57 lakh · spent ₹10.53 lakh · left ₹6.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.61 lakh · received ₹11.43 lakh · spent ₹21.00 lakh · left ₹4.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6937, 86.2786 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Samastipur district ·
School
staffing across Samastipur ·
…and across Bihar