Pokharia Population, Caste, Working Data Pashchim Champaran, Bihar - Census 2011

Pokharia is a village situated in Sikta block of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 478 families residing in the village Pokharia. The total population of Pokharia is 2,763 out of which 1,417 are males and 1,346 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Pokharia is 950.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Pokharia village is 590 which is 21% of the total population. There are 285 male children and 305 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Pokharia is 1,070 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (950) of Pokharia village.

Population
2,763
Families
478
Literacy
55.55%
Sex Ratio
950

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Pokharia is 55.5%. Thus Pokharia village has higher literacy rate compared to 44.7% of Pashchim Champaran district. The male literacy rate is 66.43% and the female literacy rate is 43.71% in Pokharia village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Pokharia village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Pokharia Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Pokharia village.

Total Male Female
Children 590 285 305
Literacy 55.55% 66.43% 43.71%
Scheduled Caste 326 173 153
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 1,556 665 891

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Pokharia village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Pokharia village out of total population, 1,020 were engaged in work activities. 38.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,020 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 252 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 394 291 103
Cultivators 70 60 10
Agriculture Labourer 252 171 81
Household Industries 11 9 2
Other Workers 61 51 10
Marginal Workers 626 391 235
Non Working 1,743 735 1,008

Nearby Villages to Pokharia,

Below are the list of villages near Pokharia village in Sikta.

Village Population
Parsotimpur 596
Pasrampur 1,620
Haripur 12,959
Mathia 2,049
Surajpur 5,045
Kangli 591
Masaha 47
Senuariya 3,596
Parsa 3,182
Basantpur 1,700

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