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Pokharia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Pokharia is a small village located in Kathikund Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 30 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 152 of which 69 are males while 83 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 18.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 1203 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1333, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 33.87 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 43.86 % while female literacy rate was 25.37 %.

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 30 - -
Population 152 69 83
Child (0-6) 28 12 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 151 69 82
Literacy 33.87 % 43.86 % 25.37 %
Total Workers 86 40 46
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 52 6 46

Caste Factor

In Pokharia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.34 % of total population in Pokharia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokharia village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 86 were engaged in work activities. 39.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 86 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.