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Pokhra Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Pokhra is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 47 families residing. The Pokhra village has population of 289 of which 144 are males while 145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 17.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokhra village is 1007 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokhra as per census is 786, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokhra village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokhra village was 77.41 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokhra Male literacy stands at 91.38 % while female literacy rate was 64.23 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pokhra 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 Pokhra village.

Pokhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 289 144 145
Child (0-6) 50 28 22
Schedule Caste 66 38 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.41 % 91.38 % 64.23 %
Total Workers 63 54 9
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 5 1 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.84 % of total population in Pokhra village. The village Pokhra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pokhra village out of total population, 63 were engaged in work activities. 92.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 63 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.