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By population, Pokharia ranks #81 of 186 villages in Pakaur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokharia is a village of 732 people in 148 households (Census 2011) in Pakaur block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 81st-largest of 186 villages in Pakaur block. Literacy is 31%, 2 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 816107, served by Pakur post office; the LGD village code is 360302. The sarpanch is BADKI HEMBROM, and the village votes in Maheshpur assembly constituency, represented by Stephen Marandi. The population is estimated at 863 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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