About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 54 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, 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	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	27.35 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	54
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokharia compares

By the 2011 count Pokharia is the 221st largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 27.35 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Pokharia

Pokharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pokharia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 17 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 9.8 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	Gande	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	9.8 km
District headquarters	Giridih	17 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gande 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 111. That makes it the 221st largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Pokharia village has 54 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Pokharia is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharia covers 27.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokharia falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 9.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Pokharia.

Pokharia is about 17 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 Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 3.1 km away. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 9.8 km away. Giridih is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.