About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a mid sized village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 370 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 302 hectares hectares.

Pokharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Area (hectares)	302 hectares
Population	703
Male Population	370
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pokharia compares

By the 2011 count Pokharia is the 83rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,621 residents. Its 302 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Pokharia

Pokharia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pokharia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 from other places

Pokharia lies about 34 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Harinagar, 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.

Distances from Pokharia
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	12 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	12 km
Nearest railway station	Harinagar	13 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	34 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramnagar 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 703. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,621 residents.

Pokharia village has 370 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Pokharia covers 302 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokharia falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Harinagar, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pokharia.

Pokharia is about 34 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 is in Ramnagar tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Ramnagar is about 12 km away. Rāmnagar is about 12 km away. Harinagar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.