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About Pokharia Kharag Village

Pokharia Kharag is one of the larger villages in Chanpatia tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,232, made up of 3,820 males and 3,412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 715 hectares hectares.

Pokharia Kharag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia Kharag village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Chanpatia
Area (hectares) 715 hectares
Population 7,232
Male Population 3,820
Female Population 3,412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pokharia Kharag compares

By the 2011 count Pokharia Kharag is the 9th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents. Its 715 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Pokharia Kharag

The census records public bus service for Pokharia Kharag as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Pokharia Kharag from other places

Pokharia Kharag lies about 4.8 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Rameshwar Nagar, about 3.4 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 Kharag
Nearest railway station Rameshwar Nagar 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanpatia 4.2 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 4.8 km

Villages closest to Pokharia Kharag

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

Common questions about Pokharia Kharag

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokharia Kharag village had a population of 7,232. That makes it the 9th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents.

Pokharia Kharag village has 3,820 males and 3,412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia Kharag has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Pokharia Kharag covers 715 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pokharia Kharag falls under Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia Kharag is Rameshwar Nagar, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Pokharia Kharag.

Pokharia Kharag is about 4.8 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharia Kharag is in Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Rameshwar Nagar is about 3.4 km away. Chanpatia is about 4.2 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Puraina Choube (under 2 km), Lachhmipur (2.0 km) and Puraina Gosain (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Pokharia Kharag today is likely to be higher.

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