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Pothia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Pothia is a medium size village located in Krityanand Nagar Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 408 families residing. The Pothia village has population of 1792 of which 948 are males while 844 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothia village population of children with age 0-6 is 322 which makes up 17.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothia village is 890 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothia as per census is 809, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pothia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothia village was 60.07 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pothia Male literacy stands at 67.66 % while female literacy rate was 51.71 %.

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 408 - -
Population 1,792 948 844
Child (0-6) 322 178 144
Schedule Caste 125 66 59
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 60.07 % 67.66 % 51.71 %
Total Workers 605 339 266
Main Worker 150 - -
Marginal Worker 455 233 222

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.98 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Pothia village.

Work Profile

In Pothia village out of total population, 605 were engaged in work activities. 24.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 605 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.