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Pothia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Pothia is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 434 families residing. The Pothia village has population of 1739 of which 916 are males while 823 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothia village population of children with age 0-6 is 351 which makes up 20.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothia village is 898 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothia as per census is 867, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pothia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothia village was 70.68 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pothia Male literacy stands at 82.28 % while female literacy rate was 57.88 %.

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 434 - -
Population 1,739 916 823
Child (0-6) 351 188 163
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.68 % 82.28 % 57.88 %
Total Workers 467 420 47
Main Worker 401 - -
Marginal Worker 66 61 5

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Pothia village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Pothia village out of total population, 467 were engaged in work activities. 85.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 467 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.