About Pokharia Ray Village

Pokharia Ray 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 6,256, made up of 3,241 males and 3,015 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 808 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokharia Ray Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia Ray village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Chanpatia
Pincode	845449
Area (hectares)	808 hectares
Population	6,256
Male Population	3,241
Female Population	3,015
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pokharia Ray compares

By the 2011 count Pokharia Ray is the 11th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents. Its 808 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Pokharia Ray

Pokharia Ray is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pokharia Ray as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pokharia Ray from other places

Pokharia Ray lies about 7.8 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chanpatia, 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 Ray
Nearest railway station	Chanpatia	4.1 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	7.8 km

Villages closest to Pokharia Ray

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.

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Common questions about Pokharia Ray

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokharia Ray village had a population of 6,256. That makes it the 11th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents.

Pokharia Ray village has 3,241 males and 3,015 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia Ray has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Pokharia Ray is 845449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharia Ray covers 808 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Pokharia Ray is Chanpatia, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Pokharia Ray.

Pokharia Ray is about 7.8 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 Ray is in Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Chanpatia is about 4.1 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.