Government schemes and self-help groups in Kothar

Kothar had 4 self-help groups with 38 members in 2025-26, as reported by the Ministry of Rural Development's DAY-NRLM programme.

Self-help groups (DAY-NRLM)

Women's self-help groups formed under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission, by financial year, as counted by the ministry.

4Groups2025-26

38Members2025-26

Year	Groups	Members	SC members	ST members	OBC members	Other members
2025-26	4	38	13	5	1	19
2024-25	1	44	0	0	9	35
2023-24	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	10	115	0	0	11	104
2018-19	4	46	1	0	20	25
2017-18	13	160	0	0	1	159

Source: Ministry of Rural Development (DAY-NRLM), Village-wise Self Help Group and Members Count, data.gov.in (GODL-India), retrieved 30 Oct 2026.

Welfare delivery points (Census 2011)

Which welfare facilities the Census 2011 Village Directory recorded in Kothar, and how far the nearest one was when it had none.

Facility	In 2011	Villages in Katihar with it
Anganwadi centre	In the village	69% of 1,539 villages
ICDS nutrition centre	Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away	1% of 1,539 villages
ASHA health worker	In the village	64% of 1,539 villages
Ration shop (PDS)	Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away	47% of 1,539 villages
Self-help group (SHG)	Not in the village · nearest more than 10 km away	38% of 1,539 villages
Agricultural credit society	Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away	16% of 1,539 villages
Health sub-centre	Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away	18% of 1,306 villages
Birth and death registration office	Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away	22% of 1,539 villages
Internet café / Common Service Centre	Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away	2% of 1,539 villages
Post office	Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away	12% of 1,539 villages

Census 2011 — the official record from 2011, not today's situation.

Schemes that fit Kothar's profile

Central schemes for rural households, chosen from the village's own Census 2011 figures. Eligibility is personal: check each scheme's page.

PM-Kisan — income support for landholding farmer families; Census 2011 counted 99 cultivators here. Check eligibility →
MGNREGA — 100 days of wage work a year for rural households; Census 2011 counted 180 agricultural labourers here. The district's figures are below. Check eligibility →
PMAY-G — housing for rural families without a pucca house; 427 households in Census 2011. Check eligibility →
PM Ujjwala — LPG connections for poor households; 427 households in Census 2011. Check eligibility →
Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY — ₹5 lakh a year of hospital cover for eligible families. Check eligibility →

All schemes and the eligibility checker →

Scheme progress in Katihar district

District-level figures for Katihar district, not figures for Kothar.

Post-2011 updates

Scheme progress — Katihar district

Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes

These are district-level figures for Katihar district, not figures for Kothar.

Tap water at home

district level

76.6%

3,99,365 of 5,21,119 rural households have a tap connection

Jal Jeevan Mission · as of 7 Jun 2024 · Katihar

Method: Sum of 1,896 habitation rows in 16 block resources published on data.gov.in by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (households; households with a tap connection).

Source: Households with Piped Water Supply (PWS) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), per-block resources · retrieved 29 Oct 2026

Toilets built

district level

3,82,970

household toilets built, 3,82,970 households listed · coverage 100.0%

Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) · as of 29 Oct 2026 · Katihar

Source: District-wise Coverage of Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) as on date · retrieved 29 Oct 2026

PMAY-G (rural houses) is not shown: the ministry publishes no district-wise bulk dataset.

MGNREGA · Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee

Rural jobs scheme — Katihar district, 2025–26

The district's figures for the whole financial year (April to March) as the Ministry of Rural Development reports them.

These are district-level figures for Katihar district, not figures for Kothar.

Households that got work: 1,82,225
Person-days of work: 71.1 lakh
Average days of work per household: 39
Households that completed 100 days: 2,596
Average wage per person-day: ₹253
Share of person-days worked by women: 61.1%
Share of person-days, Scheduled Castes: 12.6%
Share of person-days, Scheduled Tribes: 4.8%
Active job cards: 3,26,376
Job cards issued (all time): 7,09,420
Active workers: 4,25,447
Works completed in the year: 25,111
Works ongoing: 22,946
Spending on natural resource works: 58.9%

Figures are the year's last (March) report as published. Spending in rupees is not shown because the dataset does not state its unit.

Source: District-wise MGNREGA Data at a Glance, Ministry of Rural Development, on data.gov.in · dataset updated 29 Oct 2026 · retrieved 29 Oct 2026

Sources

Ministry of Rural Development (DAY-NRLM), Village-wise Self Help Group and Members Count, data.gov.in (GODL-India) — 30 Oct 2026 · www.data.gov.in
Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Village Amenities, Census 2011, via data.gov.in · Licence: Government Open Data License – India · censusindia.gov.in
Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Primary Census Abstract, Census 2011, via data.gov.in · Licence: Government Open Data License – India · censusindia.gov.in

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