# Bolasan Village, Pothia, Kishanganj (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Pothia, Kishanganj 

# Bolasan

Bolasan is a village in Pothia sub-district of Kishanganj district, Bihar, PIN code **855117**. The 2011 Census counted **233 people in 48 households**, the 130th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 51.3%.

- 233people (2011)
- 48households
- 52.7%literacy
- 855117PIN code

## Bolasan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bolasan is 855117.** Bolasan falls in Pothia sub-district, Kishanganj district, Bihar.

- PIN code855117
- Gram panchayatChattargachh
- Community development blockPothia
- Census village code222622

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bolasan from nearby towns?

- Pothia (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Kishanganj (district HQ)27 km by road
- Kishanganj (nearest town)27 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bolasan?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Bolasan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Indrapur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Pothia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bolasan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 26% of the 68 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bolasan

Of every 100 households in Bolasan in 2011, 17 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bolasan · ■ Pothia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****64%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****49%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bolasan?

■ Bolasan · ■ Pothia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**51.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****765**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**958

Working population ****35.6%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 28.1% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 65 (78%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (19%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pothia

- Naunaddi366 people
- Choragaddi299 people
- Pakamolna275 people
- Mangur Jan245 people
- Parlabari Milik232 people
- Karigaon Milik212 people
- Gobinda180 people
- Kulthibari172 people

[All 149 villages in Pothia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/kishanganj/pothia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bolasan?855117
- How far is Bolasan from Kishanganj?27 km by road
- What is the population of Bolasan?233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bolasan in?Kishanganj district (Pothia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bolasan?52.7% (Census 2011)