Pokhra, Kaptanganj

Pokhra is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Harraiya Tehsil in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, which falls under Kaptanganj block. Sivendra Singh is the President of Pokhra Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address gp51@gmail.com and mobile number 95546xxx15. The Secretary is Valmiki Prasad, who can be reached at email address gpa101@gmail.com and mobile number 64505xxx15. The Panchayat address is Pokhara, Pincode - 272130. You can reach there by taking a bus till Kaptaganj bus stop which is around 4 km away.

As on January 2025, the current population of Pokhra is 3.1 thousands out of which 1.6 thousands are males and rest 1.5 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 982 females per 1000 males. There are around 392 teenagers in Pokhra. It has literacy rate of 58% which means around 1.8 thousands persons can read and write. Total 794 people belonging to scheduled caste and 85 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 470 households in Pokhra, which means every family has 7 members on average. The village has working population of 879. The pincode of Pokhra is 272131 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Captainganj Sub Post office
• Barahata Branch Post office
• Barhni Branch Post office
• Bemhari Branch Post office
• Dailapur Branch Post office

Schools

Pokhra has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Madrasa Ahley Sunnat Nooriya Razviya Pokhara Mahsanpur
• Adarsh Purva Madhymic Vidyalaya Ahirauliya
• Primary School Pokhra
• Junior High School Pokhra
• Swami Vivekanand Primary School Gadha Ojha

Hospitals

Pokhra has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Dubauliya Primary Health Center
• Tilakpur Sub-Center
• Bairagal Sub-Center
• Kapatanganj Sub-Center
• Ojhaganj Sub-Center

Covered villages

Pokhra Gram Panchayat manages total 3 villages.

• Maduraiya
• Pokhra
• Ramwapur Khurd