Pokharia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Shikaripara Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 113 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 569 of which 283 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 16.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 1011 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 811, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 39.75 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 51.30 % while female literacy rate was 28.81 %.

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	113	-	-
Population	569	283	286
Child (0-6)	96	53	43
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	565	281	284
Literacy	39.75 %	51.30 %	28.81 %
Total Workers	274	146	128
Main Worker	9	-	-
Marginal Worker	265	141	124

Caste Factor

In Pokharia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.30 % 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, 274 were engaged in work activities. 3.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 274 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.