About Pokhrahi Village

Pokhrahi is a mid sized village in Hussainabad tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,162, made up of 617 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhrahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhrahi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Hussainabad
Pincode	822116
Area (hectares)	246.32 hectares
Population	1,162
Male Population	617
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Pokhrahi compares

By the 2011 count Pokhrahi is the 38th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 246.32 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Pokhrahi

Pokhrahi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Pokhrahi 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 village. The nearest villages by name are Patra Khurd, Phatia, Piparbar and Pokhra. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Pokhrahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhrahi village had a population of 1,162. That makes it the 38th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Pokhrahi village has 617 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhrahi has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Pokhrahi is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhrahi covers 246.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokhrahi falls under Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Pokhrahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Pokhrahi.

Pokhrahi is in Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.