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Pokharia Population - Pashchim Champaran, Bihar

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Narkatiaganj Block of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar with total 301 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 1791 of which 954 are males while 837 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 299 which makes up 16.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 877 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 769, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pokharia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 66.69 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 77.20 % while female literacy rate was 55.02 %.

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 301 - -
Population 1,791 954 837
Child (0-6) 299 169 130
Schedule Caste 133 65 68
Schedule Tribe 161 82 79
Literacy 66.69 % 77.20 % 55.02 %
Total Workers 740 426 314
Main Worker 250 - -
Marginal Worker 490 180 310

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.99 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.43 % of total population in Pokharia village.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 740 were engaged in work activities. 33.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 740 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 205 were Agricultural labourer.