About Pokria Village

Pokria is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 53 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	200.06 hectares
Population	96
Male Population	53
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokria compares

By the 2011 count Pokria is the 167th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 200.06 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Pokria

Pokria is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pokria as Available within 5 - 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 Pokria from other places

Pokria lies about 19 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, 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 Pokria
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	18 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	19 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	19 km

Villages closest to Pokria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokria village had a population of 96. That makes it the 167th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Pokria village has 53 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokria has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Pokria is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokria covers 200.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokria falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokria is Karamtola, 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pokria.

Pokria is about 19 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokria is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 7.9 km away. Karamtola is about 18 km away. Sahibganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.