# Pokhraira Village, Kanti, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kanti, Muzaffarpur 

# Pokhraira

Pokhraira is a village in Kanti sub-district of Muzaffarpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,587 people in 293 households**, the 49th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 1,587people (2011)
- 293households
- 60.9%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Pokhraira PIN code and other codes

Pokhraira falls in Kanti sub-district, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPhul Kahan Godai
- Community development blockKanti
- Census village code228602

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Pokhraira from nearby towns?

- Kanti (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Muzaffarpur (district HQ)14 km by road
- Kanti (nearest town)4 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Pokhraira?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Pokhraira; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kanti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Muzafarpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Muzaffarpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pokhraira known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 70 hectares of village land is sown, and 42 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Pokhraira

Of every 100 households in Pokhraira in 2011, 2 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pokhraira · ■ Kanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****75%**

**52%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Pokhraira?

■ Pokhraira · ■ Kanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**913

Working population ****33.3%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 49.2% for women. 47% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (19%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (8%) · **■** Marginal 362 (69%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kanti

- Bathnaha1,647 people
- Madhopur Machhia1,617 people
- Chhapra Manorath1,593 people
- Kabilpur1,592 people
- Bahuara urf Harpur Hiraman1,568 people
- Phul Kahan Gobind1,564 people
- Harpur Ganesh1,521 people
- Sonbarsa1,518 people

[All 109 villages in Kanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/muzaffarpur/kanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pokhraira from Muzaffarpur?14 km by road
- What is the population of Pokhraira?1,587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokhraira in?Muzaffarpur district (Kanti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pokhraira?60.9% (Census 2011)