About Pokhata Village

Pokhata is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 104 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,433 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhata village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246173
Area (hectares)	247.19 hectares
Population	253
Male Population	104
Female Population	149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,433
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokhata compares

By the 2011 count Pokhata is the 71st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 247.19 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Pokhata

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

Pokhata lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Pokhata
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	24 km
Nearest town	Pauri	30 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	43 km

Villages closest to Pokhata

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 Pokhata

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhata village had a population of 253. That makes it the 71st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Pokhata village has 104 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhata has about 1433 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Pokhata is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhata covers 247.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokhata falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokhata is Kotdwara, about 43 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pokhata.

Pokhata 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.

Pokhata is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 24 km away. Pauri is about 30 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.