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Pokharia observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Terhagachh mandal is Catholic Church Purnia. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pokharia itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
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.
By population, Pokharia ranks #52 of 81 villages in Terhagachh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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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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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