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Pothia

पोथिया
Falka mandal
Pincode 854114
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MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANISH KUMAR
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LGD code
224324
Pincode
854114
Post office
Pothia
Population
9,718
Households
1,835
Literacy rate
45.3%
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000♂
Workers
2,899
Census 2011 · in context

How Pothia compares

By population, Pothia ranks #3 of 72 villages in Falka mandal.

Literacy rate
%
45.3%
+8.3% vs mandal average
Pothia
45.3%
Falka mandal
37.0%
Katihar district
41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
918
−12 vs mandal average
Pothia
918
Falka mandal
930
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
Pothia
5.3
Falka mandal
5.0

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

Pothia at a glance

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.

Gram panchayat: Pothia

Key facts — Pothia

LGD code
224324
Pincode
854114
Post office
Pothia
Population (Census 2011)
9,718
Population (projected 2026)
11,458
Households
1,835
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
918
Literacy rate
45.3%
Lok Sabha constituency
Ujiarpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Sarairanjan
Member of Parliament
Nityanand Rai
Member of Legislative Assembly
Vijay Kumar Choudhary
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
MANISH KUMAR
Block / Mandal
Falka
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  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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