Pothia Population - Katihar, Bihar

Pothia is a medium size village located in Kadwa Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 145 families residing. The Pothia village has population of 748 of which 502 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothia village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 8.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothia village is 490 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothia as per census is 1179, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Pothia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothia village was 82.53 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pothia Male literacy stands at 90.51 % while female literacy rate was 64.79 %.

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	145	-	-
Population	748	502	246
Child (0-6)	61	28	33
Schedule Caste	276	254	22
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.53 %	90.51 %	64.79 %
Total Workers	196	140	56
Main Worker	60	-	-
Marginal Worker	136	88	48

Caste Factor

In Pothia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.90 % of total population in Pothia village. The village Pothia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pothia village out of total population, 196 were engaged in work activities. 30.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 196 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.