About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a small village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 185 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.71 hectares hectares.

Pokharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	44.71 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	185
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 Pokharia compares

By the 2011 count Pokharia is the 165th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 44.71 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Pokharia

Pokharia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pokharia 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 Pokharia from other places

Pokharia lies about 24 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Azamnagar Road, about 4.1 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 Pokharia
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Azamnagar Road	4.1 km
District headquarters	Katihar	24 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Azamnagar 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 Pokharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokharia village had a population of 350. That makes it the 165th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Pokharia village has 185 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Pokharia covers 44.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pokharia falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Azamnagar Road, about 4.1 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 Pokharia.

Pokharia is about 24 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharia is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Azamnagar is about 2.5 km away. Azamnagar Road is about 4.1 km away. Katihar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.