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Pokharia Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 255 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 1228 of which 629 are males while 599 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 14.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 804, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 63.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 75.94 % while female literacy rate was 50.86 %.

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 255 - -
Population 1,228 629 599
Child (0-6) 175 97 78
Schedule Caste 231 118 113
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.53 % 75.94 % 50.86 %
Total Workers 644 338 306
Main Worker 144 - -
Marginal Worker 500 211 289

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.81 % 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, 644 were engaged in work activities. 22.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.