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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pokhariya is a village in Jarmundi mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 148 across 30 households with a literacy rate of 66.9%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHALESHWAR HEMBROM
Contact: 80****7543
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- LGD code
- 370079
- Pincode
- 814145
- Post office
- Nonihat
- Population
- 148
- Households
- 30
- Literacy rate
- 66.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1085 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 100
- Distance to district centre
- 101 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 98 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 299 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 292 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karamtola · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Borio · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pokhariya compares
By population, Pokhariya ranks #379 of 512 villages in Jarmundi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.9%
+19.2% vs mandal average
Pokhariya66.9%
Jarmundi mandal47.7%
Dumka district50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,085
+115 vs mandal average
Pokhariya1,085
Jarmundi mandal970
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
Pokhariya4.9
Jarmundi mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokhariya at a glance
Pokhariya is a village of 148 people in 30 households (Census 2011) in Jarmundi block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 379th-largest of 512 villages in Jarmundi block. Literacy is 67%, 19 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,085 women per 1,000 men. It lies 101 km from the Dumka district centre, 7 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 18 km from Karamtola railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814145, served by Nonihat post office; the LGD village code is 370079. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Borio, 8 km away. The sarpanch is BHALESHWAR HEMBROM, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 174 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pokhariya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 33
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUSMAHA CHIKANIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 60
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pokhariya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pokhariya
- LGD code
- 370079
- Pincode
- 814145
- Post office
- Nonihat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 148
- Population (projected 2026)
- 174
- Households
- 30
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1085
- Literacy rate
- 66.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.09420°N, 87.55432°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jarmundi
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devendra Kunwar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHALESHWAR HEMBROM
- Block / Mandal
- Jarmundi
Getting there
How to reach Pokhariya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi299 kmcapital
- Kolkata292 km
- Delhi1098 km
- Hyderabad1271 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaramtola18 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Borio8 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line49 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)48 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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