Pokharni is a village located in the Parbhani District of the Marathawada region of Maharashtra State of India. It is known for a temple dedicated to Narasimha.
It is from Parbhani and has a railway station.
Demography As per 2011 census, Pokharni has total 830 families residing. Village has population of 4,881 of which 2,250 were males while 2,231 were females. Average Sex Ratio of village is 992 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Literacy rate of village was 71% compared to 82.95% of Maharashtra. Male literacy rate was 84% while female literacy rate was 58%. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15% of total population.
Pokharni Narasimha Railway Station Parameter Detail Station code PKNS Zone SCR (South Central) Division Hazur Sahib Nanded District Parbhani Platforms 2 Halting Trains 13 Elevation 417m Track Diesel
Geography and Transport Pokharni is in Parbhani taluka. Pokharni is located on Parbhani-Gangakhed road. Following table shows distance of Pokharni from various cities. City Distance(KM) Parbhani 19 Gangakhed 21 Sonpeth 29 Manwath 31 Palam 32 Pathri 35 Purna 39 Nanded 72 Hingoli 90 Aurangabad 186 Mumbai 473
Narasimha Temple Pokharni is known for grand old temple of Narasimha, a Hindu deity. Uniqueness about temple is, entrance of the main room where big deity of Narsimha resides is very small and one have to squat to enter in main deity room.
Zilla Parishad Pokharni
Zilla Parishad Pokharni is an electoral division of the Zilla Parishad in Parbhani district, Maharashtra, India. The constituency functions under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961. Elections to this division are conducted by the State Election Commission, Maharashtra.
The division consists of several villages administered through gram panchayats and forms part of the Parbhani Zilla Parishad.
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Villages under Zilla Parishad Pokharni
Sr. No. Village name 1 Pokharni 2 Kailaswadi 3 Surpimpri 4 Wadgaon Sukre 5 Daithana 6 Dhondi 7 Tadpangari 8 Pegargavhan (Pegargaon) 9 Bharaswad 10 Kuotamwadi 11 Ambe Takli
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Latest Zilla Parishad Election Candidates
Sr. No. Candidate name Party 1 Aishwarya Ajay Chavan Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2 Anjali Vikas Babar Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) 3 Baynabai Santaram Lokhande Shiv Sena 4 Jayshri Ashok Wagh Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) 5 Sonali Srikrushna Vairagar Indian National Congress (INC) 6 Samta Panditrao Tomke Independent
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