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By population, Pothia ranks #12 of 108 villages in Forbesganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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, 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 Sheela Kumari. The population is estimated at 9,105 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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