About Pokhri Village

Pokhri is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 134 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhri village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	119.66 hectares
Population	255
Male Population	134
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
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 Pokhri compares

By the 2011 count Pokhri is the 63rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 119.66 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Pokhri

Pokhri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pokhri 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 Pokhri from other places

Pokhri lies about 47 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 81 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	Mori	6.1 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	47 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	65 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	81 km

Villages closest to Pokhri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mori 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 255. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Pokhri village has 134 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhri has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Pokhri is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhri covers 119.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokhri falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokhri is Dehradun, about 81 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 Pokhri.

Pokhri is about 47 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokhri is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 6.1 km away. Uttarkashi is about 47 km away. Mussoorie is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.