Pokharia observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Pokharia is a village in Hasanganj mandal, Katihar district, Bihar with a population of 928 across 196 households. It has a literacy rate of 54.2% and is located at coordinates 25.461°N, 87.798°E.
By population, Pokharia ranks #18 of 41 villages in Hasanganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokharia is a village of 928 people in 196 households (Census 2011) in Hasanganj block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 18th-largest of 41 villages in Hasanganj block. Literacy is 54%, 11 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. It lies 83 km from the Katihar district centre, 10 km from Uttar Harishchandrapur, the nearest town, 2 km from Babhabgaon Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854317, served by Barsoighat post office; the LGD village code is 224452. The nearest hospital or health centre is Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Supaul assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijendra Prasad Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,094 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rampur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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