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Pokharia Population - Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Taljhari Block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand with total 302 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 1573 of which 796 are males while 777 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 332 which makes up 21.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 976 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 908, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 47.95 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 61.41 % while female literacy rate was 34.41 %.

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 302 - -
Population 1,573 796 777
Child (0-6) 332 174 158
Schedule Caste 53 27 26
Schedule Tribe 793 381 412
Literacy 47.95 % 61.41 % 34.41 %
Total Workers 581 407 174
Main Worker 186 - -
Marginal Worker 395 240 155

Caste Factor

In Pokharia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.37 % of total population in Pokharia village.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 581 were engaged in work activities. 32.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 581 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.