Pothia
Sonhaula block · Bhagalpur
district, Bihar · PIN 812005
· village code 240279
Population 2011
2,234
Census of India
Population 2020
2,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-1.5%
-34 people · -0.2% a year
Households
520
+14.8% vs 453 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,234
Male / female
1,212 / 1,022
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
843
Children aged 0–6
368
Literacy rate
60.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
397 / 0
Working population
955
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.3%
Households
453
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
550
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
110
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
6
Non-farm households
322
Share of households farming, 2020
2%
Net sown area
90 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 90 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pothia panchayat, Sonhaula 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
₹28.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.20 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.62 lakh · received ₹4.07 lakh · spent ₹11.64 lakh · left ₹4,260
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.75 lakh · received ₹6.14 lakh · spent ₹10.12 lakh · left ₹16.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0811, 87.1947 —
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