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Pothia Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Pothia is a medium size village located in Pothia Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 146 families residing. The Pothia village has population of 699 of which 360 are males while 339 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothia village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 20.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothia village is 942 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothia as per census is 920, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pothia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothia village was 50.63 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pothia Male literacy stands at 55.44 % while female literacy rate was 45.56 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pothia village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Pothia village.

Pothia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 146 - -
Population 699 360 339
Child (0-6) 144 75 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 84 47 37
Literacy 50.63 % 55.44 % 45.56 %
Total Workers 142 135 7
Main Worker 3 - -
Marginal Worker 139 134 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.02 % of total population in Pothia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pothia village of Kishanganj.

Work Profile

In Pothia village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 2.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.