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Pokhri Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Pokhri is a medium size village located in Pandu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 66 families residing. The Pokhri village has population of 405 of which 200 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokhri village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 16.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokhri village is 1025 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokhri as per census is 1826, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokhri village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokhri village was 68.82 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokhri Male literacy stands at 84.75 % while female literacy rate was 51.53 %.

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

Pokhri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 405 200 205
Child (0-6) 65 23 42
Schedule Caste 199 92 107
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.82 % 84.75 % 51.53 %
Total Workers 185 95 90
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Pokhri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.14 % of total population in Pokhri village. The village Pokhri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pokhri village out of total population, 185 were engaged in work activities. 98.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 185 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.