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Pokharia Population - Araria, Bihar

Pokharia is a large village located in Araria Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 1113 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 5114 of which 2636 are males while 2478 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 1165 which makes up 22.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 940 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 948, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 57.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 69.87 % while female literacy rate was 44.43 %.

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 1,113 - -
Population 5,114 2,636 2,478
Child (0-6) 1,165 598 567
Schedule Caste 22 13 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.56 % 69.87 % 44.43 %
Total Workers 2,285 1,289 996
Main Worker 763 - -
Marginal Worker 1,522 582 940

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.43 % of total population in Pokharia village. The village Pokharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 2285 were engaged in work activities. 33.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2285 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 601 were Agricultural labourer.