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Pokharia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Baisa Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 330 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 1671 of which 906 are males while 765 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 307 which makes up 18.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 844 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 931, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 54.25 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 59.71 % while female literacy rate was 47.65 %.

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 330 - -
Population 1,671 906 765
Child (0-6) 307 159 148
Schedule Caste 31 18 13
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.25 % 59.71 % 47.65 %
Total Workers 560 507 53
Main Worker 287 - -
Marginal Worker 273 230 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.86 % 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, 560 were engaged in work activities. 51.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 560 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 229 were Agricultural labourer.