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About Pokhari Village

Pokhari is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 73, made up of 32 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,281 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249146
Area (hectares) 42.73 hectares
Population 73
Male Population 32
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,281
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokhari compares

By the 2011 count Pokhari is the 204th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 42.73 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1109.

Getting to Pokhari

Pokhari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pokhari as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Pokhari from other places

Pokhari lies about 22 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 15 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 Pokhari
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 12 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 15 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 15 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 22 km

Villages closest to Pokhari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhari village had a population of 73. That makes it the 204th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Pokhari village has 32 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhari has about 1281 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Pokhari is 249146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhari covers 42.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pokhari falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokhari is Rishikesh, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Pokhari.

Pokhari is about 22 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokhari is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 12 km away. Rishīkesh is about 15 km away. Rishikesh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pokhkri (under 2 km), Lamoli (under 2 km) and Palogi (under 2 km).

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

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