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Pokharia Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Terhagachh Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 134 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 703 of which 373 are males while 330 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 14.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 885 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1080, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 33.89 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 39.94 % while female literacy rate was 26.81 %.

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 134 - -
Population 703 373 330
Child (0-6) 104 50 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 33.89 % 39.94 % 26.81 %
Total Workers 295 213 82
Main Worker 172 - -
Marginal Worker 123 45 78

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Pokharia village of Kishanganj district.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 295 were engaged in work activities. 58.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 295 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.