About Pokharna Village

Pokharna is a mid sized village in Pirtanr tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,360, made up of 696 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokharna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharna village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Pirtanr
Pincode	825108
Area (hectares)	365.53 hectares
Population	1,360
Male Population	696
Female Population	664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
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 Pokharna compares

By the 2011 count Pokharna is the 13th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 572 residents. Its 365.53 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Pokharna

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

Pokharna lies about 20 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Netaji SC Bose Junction Gomoh, about 19 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 Pokharna
Tehsil headquarters	Pirtanr	11 km
Nearest town	Gomoh	19 km
Nearest railway station	Netaji SC Bose Junction Gomoh	19 km
District headquarters	Giridih	20 km

Villages closest to Pokharna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pirtanr 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 Pokharna

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokharna village had a population of 1,360. That makes it the 13th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 572 residents.

Pokharna village has 696 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharna has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Pokharna is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharna covers 365.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokharna falls under Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokharna is Netaji SC Bose Junction Gomoh, about 19 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 Pokharna.

Pokharna is about 20 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharna is in Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district. Pirtanr is about 11 km away. Gomoh is about 19 km away. Netaji SC Bose Junction Gomoh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.