By population, Dhobinia ranks #57 of 149 villages in Pothia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhobinia is a village of 1,586 people in 364 households (Census 2011) in Pothia block, Kishanganj district, Bihar, the 57th-largest of 149 villages in Pothia block. Literacy is 50%, 10 points above the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 855101, served by Bahadurganj (Kishanganj) post office; the LGD village code is 222625. The sarpanch is DOLY DAS, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 1,870 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Raypur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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