About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a mid sized village in Terhagachh tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 717, made up of 390 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205 hectares hectares.

Pokharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Terhagachh
Area (hectares)	205 hectares
Population	717
Male Population	390
Female Population	327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
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 46th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,815 residents. Its 205 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

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 42 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 29 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	Terhagachh	4.6 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	20 km
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	29 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	42 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Terhagachh 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 717. That makes it the 46th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,815 residents.

Pokharia village has 390 males and 327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Pokharia covers 205 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokharia falls under Terhagachh tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Pawakhali, about 29 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 42 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharia is in Terhagachh tehsil of Kishanganj district. Terhagachh is about 4.6 km away. Bahādurganj is about 20 km away. Pawakhali is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.