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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Savitri Rajput
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- LGD code
- 486956
- Pincode
- 461228
- Post office
- Timarni
- Population
- 3,524
- Households
- 691
- Literacy rate
- 71%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,336
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 95 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 575 km
- Nearest railway station
- Timarni · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Maa Rewa Hospital Harda Dr Manjusha Parhate · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pokharni compares
By population, Pokharni ranks #1 of 61 villages in Timarni mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
71.0%
+4.0% vs mandal average
- Pokharni
- 71.0%
- Timarni mandal
- 67.0%
- Harda district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
+14 vs mandal average
- Pokharni
- 932
- Timarni mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Pokharni
- 5.1
- Timarni mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokharni at a glance
Pokharni is a village of 3,524 people in 691 households (Census 2011) in Timarni tehsil, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 61 villages in Timarni tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Harda district centre, 5 km from Timarni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 461228, served by Timarni post office; the LGD village code is 486956. The nearest hospital or health centre is Maa Rewa Hospital Harda Dr Manjusha Parhate, 15 km away. The sarpanch is Savitri Rajput, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 4,155 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pokharni
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TIMARNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,754.5
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,328.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pokharni
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pokharni
- LGD code
- 486956
- Pincode
- 461228
- Post office
- Timarni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,524
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,155
- Households
- 691
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 71.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.42286°N, 77.22635°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khategaon
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aashish Govind Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Savitri Rajput
- Block / Mandal
- Timarni
Getting there
How to reach Pokharni
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal95 kmcapital
- Hyderabad575 km
- Mumbai586 km
- Delhi688 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTimarni5 km
- Bus stopSAI MANDIR BUS STOP16 km
- Hospital / PHCMaa Rewa Hospital Harda Dr Manjusha Parhate15 km
- ATM / bankHarda15 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump30 km
- CollegeRai Sahab Bhanwar Singh College30 km
- Police stationPolice Thana Seoni Malwa26 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)