Pokharia Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Dandai Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 51 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 282 of which 138 are males while 144 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 24.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 1043 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1226, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 55.87 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 73.83 % while female literacy rate was 37.74 %.

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	51	-	-
Population	282	138	144
Child (0-6)	69	31	38
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	216	102	114
Literacy	55.87 %	73.83 %	37.74 %
Total Workers	156	84	72
Main Worker	13	-	-
Marginal Worker	143	77	66

Caste Factor

In Pokharia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.60 % of total population in Pokharia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokharia village of Garhwa.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 8.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.