# Pokharia, Purulia - II, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Pokharia

Pokharia is a village in [Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,228 people in 255 households**, the 54th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,228people (2011)
- 255households
- 63.5%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pokharia

Of every 100 households in Pokharia in 2011, 46 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pokharia · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****44%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pokharia?

■ Pokharia · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**966

Working population ****52.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 50.9% for women. 54% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 78 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 500 (78%)

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 Purulia - II

- Haramjanga1,357 people
- Dhansura1,308 people
- Sidpur1,299 people
- Dubrajpur1,284 people
- Dabar1,227 people
- Birgiri1,208 people
- Nadra1,166 people
- Biralgaria1,158 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pokharia?1,228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokharia in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pokharia?63.5% (Census 2011)