About Pohadi Village

Pohadi is one of the larger villages in Ghanshyampur tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 18,643, made up of 9,689 males and 8,954 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1238.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 847203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Pohadi compares

By the 2011 count Pohadi is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,934 residents. Its 1238.49 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Pohadi

Pohadi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Pohadi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pohadi from other places

Pohadi lies about 29 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Biraul, about 13 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.

Villages closest to Pohadi

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

• Dathua 2.8 km
• Tumaul 10 km
• Chharapatti 13 km
• Supaul 13 km
• Borwa 13 km
• Salahpur Lagma 18 km

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.