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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SARBARI BANO
Contact: 80****7430
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- LGD code
- 221607
- Pincode
- 854318
- Post office
- Forbesganj
- Population
- 7,723
- Households
- 1,527
- Literacy rate
- 35.5%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,894
Census 2011 · in context
How Pothia compares
By population, Pothia ranks #12 of 108 villages in Forbesganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.5%
−6.1% vs mandal average
- Pothia
- 35.5%
- Forbesganj mandal
- 41.6%
- Araria district
- 42.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
+23 vs mandal average
- Pothia
- 942
- Forbesganj mandal
- 919
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Pothia
- 5.1
- Forbesganj mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pothia at a glance
Pothia is a village of 7,723 people in 1,527 households (Census 2011) in Forbesganj block, Araria district, Bihar, the 12th-largest of 108 villages in Forbesganj block. Literacy is 36%, 6 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854318, served by Forbesganj post office; the LGD village code is 221607. The sarpanch is SARBARI BANO, and the village votes in Phulparas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sheela Kumari. The population is estimated at 9,105 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pothia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- FARBISGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pothia
- Total area (ha)
- 678.7
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 404.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pothia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pothia
- LGD code
- 221607
- Pincode
- 854318
- Post office
- Forbesganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,723
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,105
- Households
- 1,527
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 35.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhanjharpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Phulparas
- Member of Parliament
- Ramprit Mandal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sheela Kumari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SARBARI BANO
- Block / Mandal
- Forbesganj
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854318
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- Doria SonapurForbesganj mandal13,744 pop
- ParwahaForbesganj mandal10,422 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)