About Pokhri Village

Pokhri is a small village in Srinagar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 107 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246174, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhri village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Srinagar
Pincode	246174
Area (hectares)	67.66 hectares
Population	225
Male Population	107
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokhri compares

By the 2011 count Pokhri is the 30th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 189 residents. Its 67.66 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Pokhri

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

Pokhri lies about 51 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Pokhri
Tehsil headquarters	Srinagar	4.8 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	47 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	51 km

Villages closest to Pokhri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhri village had a population of 225. That makes it the 30th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 189 residents.

Pokhri village has 107 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhri has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Pokhri is 246174. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhri covers 67.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokhri falls under Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokhri is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Pokhri.

Pokhri is about 51 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokhri is in Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district. Srinagar is about 4.8 km away. Srīnagar is about 4.8 km away. Rishikesh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.