# Pokharia Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sikta, Pashchim Champaran 

# Pokharia

Pokharia is a village in Sikta sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,763 people in 478 households**, the 26th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 2,763people (2011)
- 478households
- 55.5%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Pokharia PIN code and other codes

Pokharia falls in Sikta sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPokharia
- Community development blockSikta
- Census village code217259

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

## How far is Pokharia from nearby towns?

- Sikta (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)32 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)32 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 Pokharia?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Pokharia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ 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 and tanks / ponds

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 Pokharia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 178 hectares of village land is sown, and 70 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 Pokharia

Of every 100 households in Pokharia in 2011, 2 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pokharia · ■ Sikta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**29%

Television ****13%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Pokharia?

■ Pokharia · ■ Sikta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**951

Working population ****36.9%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 43.7% for women. 48% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 252 (25%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (6%) · **■** Marginal 626 (61%)

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 Sikta

- Parsa3,182 people
- Gamharia Birnagar3,170 people
- Parsauni Ghogha3,105 people
- Ekdari Mangalpur3,077 people
- Ausanpur2,665 people
- Sabaithwa2,620 people
- Jaisinghpur2,464 people
- Sonbarsa2,454 people

[All 61 villages in Sikta](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sikta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pokharia from Bettiah?32 km by road
- What is the population of Pokharia?2,763 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokharia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sikta sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pokharia?55.5% (Census 2011)