About Pothia Village

Pothia is a small village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 54 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 722 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56 hectares hectares.

Pothia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pothia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Area (hectares)	56 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	54
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	722
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pothia compares

By the 2011 count Pothia is the 189th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 56 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Pothia

Pothia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pothia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pothia from other places

Pothia lies about 84 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Gogipothia Halt, about 3.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Pothia
Nearest railway station	Gogipothia Halt	3.3 km
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	13 km
District headquarters	Katihar	84 km

Villages closest to Pothia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kadwa tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Pothia

As per the Census of India 2011, Pothia village had a population of 93. That makes it the 189th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Pothia village has 54 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pothia has about 722 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Pothia covers 56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pothia falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pothia is Gogipothia Halt, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pothia.

Pothia is about 84 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pothia is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Gogipothia Halt is about 3.3 km away. Shahbazpur is about 6.0 km away. Kadwa is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.