About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a small village in Dandai tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 138 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Dandai
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	181 hectares
Population	282
Male Population	138
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 24th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents. Its 181 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

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 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 16 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, 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	Dandai	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	13 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	16 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dandai 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 282. That makes it the 24th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents.

Pokharia village has 138 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Pokharia is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharia covers 181 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokharia falls under Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Meralgram, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Pokharia.

Pokharia is about 16 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharia is in Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district. Dandai is about 7.3 km away. Meralgram is about 13 km away. Garhwa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.