# Pokharia Village, Kumardungi, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Kumardungi, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Pokharia

Pokharia is a village in Kumardungi sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833214**. The 2011 Census counted **672 people in 130 households**, the 34th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.1%.

- 672people (2011)
- 130households
- 46.9%literacy
- 833214PIN code

## Pokharia PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pokharia is 833214.** Pokharia falls in Kumardungi sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833214
- Gram panchayatKumirata
- Community development blockKumardungi
- Census village code378401

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?

- Kumardungi (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)54 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)54 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 · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kumardungi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 3 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 Pokharia known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 81% of the 152 hectares of village land is sown.

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, 50 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pokharia · ■ Kumardungi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**100%

Use banking services ****21%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****80%**

**41%

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 · ■ Kumardungi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.9%**

**50.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**958

Working population ****51.2%**

**50.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.1% for men and 40.0% for women. 51% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (4%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 54 (16%) · **■** Marginal 189 (55%)

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 Kumardungi

- Uliham847 people
- Patarhatu754 people
- Gandkida708 people
- Chukri691 people
- Bankdar670 people
- Kadamdiha643 people
- Jamuda631 people
- Putkarsai623 people

[All 60 villages in Kumardungi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/kumardungi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pokharia?833214
- How far is Pokharia from Chaibasa?54 km by road
- What is the population of Pokharia?672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokharia in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Kumardungi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pokharia?46.9% (Census 2011)