About Pokhrar Village

Pokhrar is a small village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 155 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 735 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263137, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhrar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhrar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Dhari
Pincode	263137
Area (hectares)	54.16 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	155
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	735
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokhrar compares

By the 2011 count Pokhrar is the 103rd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 54.16 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Pokhrar

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

Pokhrar lies about 77 km from Nainital, 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 Pokhrar
Tehsil headquarters	Dhari	26 km
Nearest town	Pauri	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	43 km
District headquarters	Nainital	77 km

Villages closest to Pokhrar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhrar village had a population of 269. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Pokhrar village has 155 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhrar has about 735 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Pokhrar is 263137. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhrar covers 54.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokhrar falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokhrar 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Pokhrar.

Pokhrar is about 77 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokhrar is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Dhari is about 26 km away. Pauri is about 30 km away. Kotdwara is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.