Pokhra
Kaptanganj block · Basti
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 272131
· village code 180326
Population 2011
2,586
Census of India
Population 2020
5,025
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+94.3%
2,439 people · 7.7% a year
Households
600
+53.5% vs 391 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,586
Male / female
1,305 / 1,281
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
392
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
661 / 71
Working population
732
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.5%
Households
391
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
200
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
550
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 200 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pokhra panchayat, Kaptanganj zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹9.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.73 lakh
Received directly
₹17,332
Spent
₹16.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.56 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.84 lakh · received ₹5.09 lakh · spent ₹5.33 lakh · left ₹2.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.89 lakh · received ₹7.64 lakh · spent ₹10.74 lakh · left ₹3.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7748, 82.5840 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Pokhar Bhitwa
compare · Pokhar Bhitwa
compare · Pokhar Bhitwa
compare · Pokher Bhtte
compare · Pokhrani
compare · Potnahri
compare · Prasadpur
compare · Prasi
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Basti district ·
School
staffing across Basti ·
…and across Uttar Pradesh