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By population, Pothia ranks #3 of 72 villages in Falka mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pothia is a village of 9,718 people in 1,835 households (Census 2011) in Falka block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 72 villages in Falka block. Literacy is 45%, 8 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854114, served by Pothia post office; the LGD village code is 224324. The sarpanch is MANISH KUMAR, and the village votes in Sarairanjan assembly constituency, represented by Vijay Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 11,458 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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