About Pokharni Village

Pokharni is a mid sized village in Kandhar tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 529 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 470 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 471742, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokharni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokharni village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Kandhar
Pincode	471742
Area (hectares)	470 hectares
Population	1,019
Male Population	529
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokharni compares

By the 2011 count Pokharni is the 85th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents. Its 470 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Pokharni

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

Pokharni lies about 10 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Limbgaon, about 2.0 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 Pokharni
Nearest railway station	Limbgaon	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandhar	10 km
District headquarters	Nanded	10 km

Villages closest to Pokharni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokharni village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 85th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents.

Pokharni village has 529 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokharni has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Pokharni is 471742. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokharni covers 470 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokharni falls under Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pokharni is Limbgaon, about 2.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pokharni.

Pokharni is about 10 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokharni is in Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district. Limbgaon is about 2.0 km away. Kandhar is about 10 km away. Nanded is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.