About Pokharia Village

Pokharia is a mid sized village in Noamundi tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 380 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Noamundi
Pincode	833213
Area (hectares)	480.17 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	380
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
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 Pokharia compares

By the 2011 count Pokharia is the 40th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 949 residents. Its 480.17 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Pokharia

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

Pokharia lies about 65 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Māluka, about 25 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
Nearest railway station	Māluka	25 km
Nearest town	Karanjiā	33 km
Tehsil headquarters	Noamundi	35 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	65 km

Villages closest to Pokharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Noamundi 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 722. That makes it the 40th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 949 residents.

Pokharia village has 380 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharia has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Pokharia is 833213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharia covers 480.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokharia falls under Noamundi tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokharia is Māluka, about 25 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 Pokharia.

Pokharia is about 65 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharia is in Noamundi tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Māluka is about 25 km away. Karanjiā is about 33 km away. Noamundi is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.