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Pokharia Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Birni Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 234 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 1515 of which 781 are males while 734 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 313 which makes up 20.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 940 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 729, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokharia village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 69.63 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 82.17 % while female literacy rate was 57.14 %.

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 234 - -
Population 1,515 781 734
Child (0-6) 313 181 132
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.63 % 82.17 % 57.14 %
Total Workers 779 386 393
Main Worker 218 - -
Marginal Worker 561 240 321

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Pokharia village of Giridih district.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 779 were engaged in work activities. 27.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 779 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.