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If the Son canal system has more water, why are Bihar’s fields still thirsty?
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21 village centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a village to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM; the cross marks the mandal centroid. Not a survey map.
Pothia mandal is situated in Kishanganj district, Bihar, with 149 revenue villages and 22 gram panchayats. The 2011 Census enumerated 262,494 people across 52,702 households, with literacy at 40.8% and sex ratio of 933. Agriculture remains the principal economic activity; 96.4% of households have JJM tap-water access. Notable villages include Sitalpur, Burhnai, and Jahangirpur.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Pothia mandal.
கிராமத்தைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்து மக்கள், பதிவுகள், வேலைகள், சேவைகள் பக்கத்தைத் திறக்கவும்.
Answers are auto-built from the village's verified record. If something is wrong, residents can correct it after claiming the village.
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