# Pokharia Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pokharia

Pokharia is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,541 people in 1,025 households**, the 9th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 5,541people (2011)
- 1,025households
- 51.7%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pokharia

Of every 100 households in Pokharia in 2011, 38 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pokharia · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**37%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****15%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**35%

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 Pokharia?

■ Pokharia · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.7%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**950

Working population ****31.6%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.3% for men and 43.3% for women. 51% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 575 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 491 (28%) · **■** Household industry 67 (4%) · **■** Other work 330 (19%) · **■** Marginal 289 (16%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Bara Singhanath7,454 people
- Goalin6,623 people
- Debiganj6,457 people
- Athiala5,887 people
- Khargar5,422 people
- Teliapokhar5,362 people
- Churakuti5,257 people
- Dharampur5,255 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pokharia?5,541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokharia in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pokharia?51.7% (Census 2011)