Pokharia
Araria block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854333
· village code 221800
Population 2011
5,114
Census of India
Population 2020
5,741
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.3%
627 people · 1.3% a year
Households
1,235
+11.0% vs 1,113 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,114
Male / female
2,636 / 2,478
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
1,165
Literacy rate
44.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 0
Working population
2,285
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.3%
Households
1,113
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
190
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
63
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
255
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
135 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
135 / 125 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pokharia panchayat, Araria 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
₹41.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.65 lakh · received ₹8.09 lakh · spent ₹22.42 lakh · left ₹6.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.99 lakh · received ₹12.22 lakh · spent ₹15.39 lakh · left ₹17.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0991, 87.4762 —
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