About Pokhar Village

Pokhar is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 15, made up of 3 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 4,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246170
Area (hectares)	13.54 hectares
Population	15
Male Population	3
Female Population	12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	4,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokhar compares

By the 2011 count Pokhar is the 431st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 13.54 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Pokhar

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

Pokhar lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 40 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 Pokhar
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	27 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	40 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	40 km

Villages closest to Pokhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhar village had a population of 15. That makes it the 431st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Pokhar village has 3 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhar has about 4000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Pokhar is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhar covers 13.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokhar falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokhar is Kotdwara, about 40 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 village for Pokhar.

Pokhar is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokhar is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 27 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Kotdwara is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.