About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a small village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 178 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	825220
Area (hectares)	149 hectares
Population	356
Male Population	178
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokharia compares

By the 2011 count Pokharia is the 124th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

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 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 Pokharia from other places

Pokharia lies about 42 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chaudhribandh, about 6.8 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	Dumri	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Chaudhribandh	6.8 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	19 km
District headquarters	Giridih	42 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumri 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 356. That makes it the 124th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Pokharia village has 178 males and 178 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, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Pokharia is 825220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharia covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokharia falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Chaudhribandh, about 6.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pokharia.

Pokharia is about 42 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharia is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Dumri is about 6.0 km away. Chaudhribandh is about 6.8 km away. Barki Saria is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.