Pokharia Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Pothia Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 236 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 963 of which 473 are males while 490 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 21.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 1036 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1170, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 40.18 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 49.87 % while female literacy rate was 30.53 %.

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	236	-	-
Population	963	473	490
Child (0-6)	204	94	110
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	963	473	490
Literacy	40.18 %	49.87 %	30.53 %
Total Workers	454	247	207
Main Worker	185	-	-
Marginal Worker	269	88	181

Caste Factor

In Pokharia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Pokharia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokharia village of Kishanganj.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 454 were engaged in work activities. 40.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 454 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 177 were Agricultural labourer.