About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 112 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	386 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	112
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Pokharia compares

By the 2011 count Pokharia is the 134th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 386 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Pokharia

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

Pokharia lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, 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
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	4.1 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	33 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ranishwar 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 224. That makes it the 134th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Pokharia village has 112 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Pokharia is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharia covers 386 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokharia falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Harinsing, about 4.1 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 Pokharia.

Pokharia is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharia is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 4.1 km away. Rampur Hat is about 22 km away. Ranishwar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.