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Pokhraha Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Pokhraha is a medium size village located in Nawadiha Bazar - Nawadiha Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 155 families residing. The Pokhraha village has population of 643 of which 326 are males while 317 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokhraha village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 11.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokhraha village is 972 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokhraha as per census is 878, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokhraha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokhraha village was 70.32 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokhraha Male literacy stands at 78.95 % while female literacy rate was 61.57 %.

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

Pokhraha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 155 - -
Population 643 326 317
Child (0-6) 77 41 36
Schedule Caste 9 5 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.32 % 78.95 % 61.57 %
Total Workers 176 162 14
Main Worker 174 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.40 % of total population in Pokhraha village. The village Pokhraha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pokhraha village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 98.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.