About Pokeri Village

Pokeri is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 15 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.46 hectares hectares.

Pokeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokeri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Sundarpahari
Area (hectares)	86.46 hectares
Population	31
Male Population	15
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokeri compares

By the 2011 count Pokeri is the 195th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 86.46 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1023.

Getting to Pokeri

Pokeri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pokeri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Pokeri from other places

Pokeri lies about 41 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 18 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 Pokeri
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarpahari	16 km
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	18 km
Nearest town	Pakur	28 km
District headquarters	Godda	41 km

Villages closest to Pokeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokeri village had a population of 31. That makes it the 195th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Pokeri village has 15 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokeri has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Pokeri covers 86.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokeri falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokeri is Barharwa Junction, about 18 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 and private bus service as Available for Pokeri.

Pokeri is about 41 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokeri is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Sundarpahari is about 16 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 18 km away. Pakur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.