About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a mid sized village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,032, made up of 558 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, 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	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	165 hectares
Population	1,032
Male Population	558
Female Population	474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
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 29th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

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 41 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, about 6.6 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	Dhanpatdih	6.6 km
Nearest town	Deoghar	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiyahat	27 km
District headquarters	Dumka	41 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saraiyahat 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 1,032. That makes it the 29th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Pokharia village has 558 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Pokharia is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharia covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pokharia falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Dhanpatdih, about 6.6 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 41 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 Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 6.6 km away. Deoghar is about 20 km away. Saraiyahat is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.