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Pokharia Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Terhagachh Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 139 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 717 of which 390 are males while 327 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 11.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 838 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 792, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 56.89 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 68.71 % while female literacy rate was 42.91 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pokharia village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Pokharia village.

Pokharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 717 390 327
Child (0-6) 86 48 38
Schedule Caste 17 7 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.89 % 68.71 % 42.91 %
Total Workers 210 206 4
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.37 % of total population in Pokharia village. The village Pokharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 210 were engaged in work activities. 98.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 210 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 173 were Agricultural labourer.