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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pokharia is a village in Terhagachh mandal, Kishanganj district, Bihar, with a population of 717 across 139 households. The village has a literacy rate of 50.1% and is located at coordinates 25.461°N, 87.798°E with PIN code 855101.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Umesh Kumar Yadav
Contact: 93****3657
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- LGD code
- 222256
- Pincode
- 855101
- Post office
- Bahadurganj (Kishanganj)
- Population
- 717
- Households
- 139
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Sex ratio
- 838 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 210
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 55 km
- Distance to Patna
- 267 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 326 km
- Nearest railway station
- Babhabgaon Halt · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pokharia compares
By population, Pokharia ranks #52 of 81 villages in Terhagachh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.1%
+6.6% vs mandal average
- Pokharia
- 50.1%
- Terhagachh mandal
- 43.5%
- Kishanganj district
- 44.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
838
−101 vs mandal average
- Pokharia
- 838
- Terhagachh mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Pokharia
- 5.2
- Terhagachh mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokharia at a glance
Pokharia is a village of 717 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Terhagachh block, Kishanganj district, Bihar, the 52nd-largest of 81 villages in Terhagachh block. Literacy is 50%, 7 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 838 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Kishanganj district centre, 10 km from Uttar Harishchandrapur, the nearest town, 2 km from Babhabgaon Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855101, served by Bahadurganj (Kishanganj) post office; the LGD village code is 222256. The nearest hospital or health centre is Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Umesh Kumar Yadav, and the village votes in Kasba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nitesh Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 845 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pokharia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAHADURGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHABAILI
- Total area (ha)
- 205
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pokharia
- LGD code
- 222256
- Pincode
- 855101
- Post office
- Bahadurganj (Kishanganj)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 717
- Population (projected 2026)
- 845
- Households
- 139
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 838
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.46125°N, 87.79782°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasba
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nitesh Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Umesh Kumar Yadav
- Block / Mandal
- Terhagachh
- Nearest post office
- Post Office Gangi Hat (84.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Pokharia
Nearest town · 15,443 people
Uttar Harishchandrapur · ≈ 9.5 km
≈ 20 min by car · 23 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Patna267 kmcapital
- Kolkata326 km
- Delhi1105 km
- Hyderabad1316 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBabhabgaon Halt2 km
- Bus stopMaiharpur19 km
- Hospital / PHCHarishchandrapur Rural Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India24 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump26 km
- CollegeD S College23 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)25 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)