Pokhariya
Kochadhaman block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855115
· village code 222824
Population 2011
567
Census of India
Population 2020
594
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
27 people · 0.5% a year
Households
157
+29.8% vs 121 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
567
Male / female
300 / 267
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
105
Literacy rate
40.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
84 / 0
Working population
292
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.3%
Households
121
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
80
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
124
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
75 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
75 / 25 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mazkuri panchayat, Kochadhaman 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
₹47.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.88 lakh
Received directly
₹1.78 lakh
Spent
₹36.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹29.11 lakh · received ₹6.73 lakh · spent ₹22.37 lakh · left ₹15.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.13 lakh · received ₹10.16 lakh · spent ₹14.30 lakh · left ₹13.99 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1622, 87.7062 —
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