About Poka Village

Poka is a small village in Kamrau tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 146 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poka village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Kamrau
Pincode	173029
Area (hectares)	272.72 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	146
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Poka compares

By the 2011 count Poka is the 39th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 824 residents. Its 272.72 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Poka

Poka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Poka 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poka from other places

Poka lies about 27 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 44 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 Poka
Tehsil headquarters	Kamrau	5.3 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	14 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	27 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	44 km

Villages closest to Poka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Poka village had a population of 280. That makes it the 39th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 824 residents.

Poka village has 146 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poka has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Poka is 173029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poka covers 272.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Poka falls under Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Poka is Dehradun, about 44 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Poka.

Poka is about 27 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poka is in Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district. Kamrau is about 5.3 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 14 km away. Sirmaur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.