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Pothia Population - Katihar, Bihar

Pothia is a medium size village located in Azamnagar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 98 families residing. The Pothia village has population of 455 of which 244 are males while 211 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothia village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 17.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothia village is 865 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothia as per census is 761, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pothia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothia village was 41.71 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pothia Male literacy stands at 54.04 % while female literacy rate was 27.84 %.

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 98 - -
Population 455 244 211
Child (0-6) 81 46 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 41.71 % 54.04 % 27.84 %
Total Workers 158 123 35
Main Worker 108 - -
Marginal Worker 50 25 25

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Pothia village out of total population, 158 were engaged in work activities. 68.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 158 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.