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Pokharia Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Pokharia is a medium size village located in Patan Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 104 families residing. The Pokharia village has population of 613 of which 312 are males while 301 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 20.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia village is 965 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokharia as per census is 1048, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokharia village was 62.96 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokharia Male literacy stands at 78.40 % while female literacy rate was 46.61 %.

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 104 - -
Population 613 312 301
Child (0-6) 127 62 65
Schedule Caste 53 30 23
Schedule Tribe 510 257 253
Literacy 62.96 % 78.40 % 46.61 %
Total Workers 265 130 135
Main Worker 4 - -
Marginal Worker 261 127 134

Caste Factor

In Pokharia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.65 % of total population in Pokharia village.

Work Profile

In Pokharia village out of total population, 265 were engaged in work activities. 1.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 265 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.