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Pokharia Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Tundi Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 78 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 416 of which 212 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 16.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 962 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1760, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 46.69 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 58.82 % while female literacy rate was 32.50 %.

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 78 - -
Population 416 212 204
Child (0-6) 69 25 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 414 211 203
Literacy 46.69 % 58.82 % 32.50 %
Total Workers 142 113 29
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 112 94 18

Caste Factor

In Pokharia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.52 % of total population in Pokharia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokharia village of Dhanbad.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 21.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.