About Pokta Village

Pokta is a mid sized village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,454, made up of 723 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	479.52 hectares
Population	1,454
Male Population	723
Female Population	731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokta compares

By the 2011 count Pokta is the 11th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 479.52 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Pokta

Pokta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pokta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Pokta from other places

Pokta lies about 26 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 17 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 Pokta
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	17 km
District headquarters	Gumla	26 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	26 km

Villages closest to Pokta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokta village had a population of 1,454. That makes it the 11th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Pokta village has 723 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokta has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Pokta is 835229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokta covers 479.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokta falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokta is Bakaspur, about 17 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 village for Pokta.

Pokta is about 26 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokta is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about 12 km away. Bakaspur is about 17 km away. Gumla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.