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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHARMENDRA KUMAR
Contact: 88****8331
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- LGD code
- 236664
- Pincode
- 848122
- Post office
- Madhopur Dighrua
- Population
- 5,178
- Households
- 1,006
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,885
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Kothia താരതമ്യം
By population, Kothia ranks #13 of 69 villages in Tajpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.5%
+8.1% vs mandal average
- Kothia
- 65.5%
- Tajpur mandal
- 57.4%
- Samastipur district
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
+47 vs mandal average
- Kothia
- 944
- Tajpur mandal
- 897
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kothia
- 5.1
- Tajpur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothia ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Kothia ബിഹാർയിലെ സമസ്തിപൂര് ജില്ല, Tajpur ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 5,178 പേർ 1,006 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Tajpur ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 69 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 13-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 66%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 57% നേക്കാൾ 8 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 944 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 848122, Madhopur Dighrua പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 236664. പ്രസിഡന്റ് DHARMENDRA KUMAR; ഗ്രാമം Hayaghat നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Ram Chandra Prasad. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 6,105, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Kothia →
സമീപ ഗ്രാമങ്ങളുടെ താരതമ്യം
അടുത്തടുത്ത് താരതമ്യം →| ഗ്രാമം | ജനസംഖ്യ | സാക്ഷരത | ദൂരം |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kothia · ഈ ഗ്രാമം | 5,178 | 66% | — |
| Dumari Dakhli · Tajpur | 1,878 | 64% | — |
| Mainuddinpur · Tajpur | 1,354 | 48% | — |
| Hasanpur Kainju · Tajpur | 839 | 58% | — |
| Sarwarganj · Tajpur | 629 | 70% | — |
| Chak Tulsi · Tajpur | 531 | 57% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kothia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SAMASTIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOTHIA
- Total area (ha)
- 218
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 150
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kothia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Kothia
- LGD code
- 236664
- Pincode
- 848122
- Post office
- Madhopur Dighrua
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,178
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,105
- Households
- 1,006
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hayaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHARMENDRA KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Tajpur
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)