Pokhra
Patepur block · Vaishali
district, Bihar · PIN 843110
· village code 235204
Population 2011
2,636
Census of India
Population 2020
3,215
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.0%
579 people · 2.2% a year
Households
430
-5.1% vs 453 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,636
Male / female
1,393 / 1,243
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
892
Children aged 0–6
471
Literacy rate
39.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
841 / 0
Working population
870
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.2%
Households
453
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
240
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
285
Non-farm households
86
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
36 / 50 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bahuara panchayat, Patepur 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
₹30.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.13 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.07 lakh · received ₹8.42 lakh · spent ₹5.87 lakh · left ₹22.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.47 lakh · received ₹12.71 lakh · spent ₹18.27 lakh · left ₹4.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8739, 85.5486 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Vaishali district ·
School
staffing across Vaishali ·
…and across Bihar