# Pach Pokharia Village, Adapur, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Adapur, Purba Champaran 

# Pach Pokharia

Pach Pokharia is a village in Adapur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,491 people in 418 households**, the 41st largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.2%.

- 2,491people (2011)
- 418households
- 42.5%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Pach Pokharia PIN code and other codes

Pach Pokharia falls in Adapur sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKoraia
- Community development blockAdapur
- Census village code217564

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

## How far is Pach Pokharia from nearby towns?

- Adapur (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)50 km by road
- Raxaul (nearest town)15 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 Pach Pokharia?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ramgarwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Raxaul
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Pach Pokharia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 58% of the 408 hectares of village land is sown, and 124 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 Pach Pokharia

Of every 100 households in Pach Pokharia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Pach Pokharia · ■ Adapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****31%**

**32%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**6%

None of these assets ****9%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pach Pokharia?

■ Pach Pokharia · ■ Adapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.5%**

**52.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**951

Working population ****40.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.1% for men and 29.0% for women. 53% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 270 (27%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (2%) · **■** Marginal 701 (70%)

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 Adapur

- Katkenwa2,549 people
- Arara2,534 people
- Chandarman2,533 people
- Ghora Sahan2,510 people
- Bahadurpur2,455 people
- Dubaha2,418 people
- Latihanwa2,415 people
- Bakhtaura2,404 people

[All 60 villages in Adapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/adapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pach Pokharia from Motihari?50 km by road
- What is the population of Pach Pokharia?2,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pach Pokharia in?Purba Champaran district (Adapur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pach Pokharia?42.5% (Census 2011)