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Pokharia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Kasba Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 234 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 1093 of which 585 are males while 508 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 19.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 868 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1009, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 54.00 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 64.99 % while female literacy rate was 40.85 %.

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 234 - -
Population 1,093 585 508
Child (0-6) 217 108 109
Schedule Caste 6 5 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.00 % 64.99 % 40.85 %
Total Workers 444 298 146
Main Worker 152 - -
Marginal Worker 292 161 131

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.55 % 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, 444 were engaged in work activities. 34.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 444 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.