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By population, Pothia ranks #45 of 107 villages in Palasi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pothia is a village of 1,962 people in 435 households (Census 2011) in Palasi block, Araria district, Bihar, the 45th-largest of 107 villages in Palasi block. Literacy is 39%, 3 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854333, served by Madanpur (Araria) post office; the LGD village code is 222096. The sarpanch is Sangita mallik, and the village votes in Mahishi assembly constituency, represented by Gautam Krishna. The population is estimated at 2,313 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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