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About Pokhare Village

Pokhare is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 31 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.33 hectares hectares.

Pokhare Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhare village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Khajni
Area (hectares) 135.33 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 31
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokhare compares

By the 2011 count Pokhare is the 630th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 135.33 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 993.

Getting to Pokhare

Pokhare is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pokhare as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Pokhare from other places

Pokhare lies about 4.7 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Nakaha Jungle, about 2.4 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 Pokhare
Nearest railway station Nakaha Jungle 2.4 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Khajni 21 km

Villages closest to Pokhare

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

Common questions about Pokhare

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhare village had a population of 57. That makes it the 630th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Pokhare village has 31 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhare has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Pokhare covers 135.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokhare falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pokhare is Nakaha Jungle, about 2.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pokhare.

Pokhare is about 4.7 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokhare is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Nakaha Jungle is about 2.4 km away. Gorakhpur is about 4.7 km away. Khajni is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpur (1.7 km), Majhuva (3.5 km) and Chihari Urf Kachhi (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Pokhare today is likely to be higher.

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