About Pokharni Village

Pokharni is a mid sized village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,371, made up of 688 males and 683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 482.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokharni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharni village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	185155
Area (hectares)	482.4 hectares
Population	1,371
Male Population	688
Female Population	683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
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 Pokharni compares

By the 2011 count Pokharni is the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 482.4 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Pokharni

Pokharni is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pokharni 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 Pokharni from other places

Pokharni lies about 18 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 58 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 Pokharni
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	11 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	15 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	58 km

Villages closest to Pokharni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokharni village had a population of 1,371. That makes it the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Pokharni village has 688 males and 683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharni has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Pokharni is 185155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharni covers 482.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokharni falls under Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Pokharni is Dugga, about 58 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 Pokharni.

Pokharni is about 18 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharni is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 11 km away. Rajaori is about 15 km away. Rajouri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.