Pokhariya is a village in Dumri mandal, Giridih district, Jharkhand, comprising 356 people in 46 households. It has a literacy rate of 50.6% and is situated at coordinates 25.094°N, 87.554°E with postal code 825108.
By population, Pokhariya ranks #131 of 191 villages in Dumri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokhariya is a village of 356 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Dumri block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 131st-largest of 191 villages in Dumri block. Literacy is 51%, about the same as the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 147 km from the Giridih district centre, 7 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 18 km from Karamtola railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825108, served by Pirtand post office; the LGD village code is 352591. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Borio, 8 km away. The sarpanch is RENU DEVI, and the village votes in Madhupur assembly constituency, represented by Hafizul Hassan. The population is estimated at 420 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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