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Pokharia Population - Katihar, Bihar

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 129 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 698 of which 356 are males while 342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 22.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 961 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1149, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 43.78 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 46.10 % while female literacy rate was 41.25 %.

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 129 - -
Population 698 356 342
Child (0-6) 159 74 85
Schedule Caste 30 16 14
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 43.78 % 46.10 % 41.25 %
Total Workers 201 160 41
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 31 3 28

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.30 % 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, 201 were engaged in work activities. 84.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 201 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.