Pokharia
Kathikund block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814103
· village code 370792
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 152 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,028 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
152
Male / female
69 / 83
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,203
Children aged 0–6
28
Literacy rate
27.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 151
Working population
86
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.9%
Households
30
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
59
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
190
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
90 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
90 / 87 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalajhar panchayat, Kathikund 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
₹22.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.11 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.44 lakh · received ₹4.44 lakh · spent ₹12.35 lakh · left ₹1.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.86 lakh · received ₹6.66 lakh · spent ₹14.98 lakh · left ₹4.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3678, 87.4358 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dumka district ·
School
staffing across Dumka ·
…and across Jharkhand