| Charpokhari | |
| Other Name: | Chārpokhri |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Bihar#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
| Coordinates: | 25.3626°N 84.481°W[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bhojpur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.103 |
| Elevation M: | 77 |
| Population Total: | 1874 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bhojpuri, Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Charpokhari (also spelled Charpokhri) is a village and corresponding community development block in Bhojpur district of Bihar, India.[2] As of 2011, its population was 1,874, in 314 households. The total block population was 101,363, in 15,961 households.[3]
Charpokhari is a rural subdistrict with no large urban centres. As of 2011, the block's sex ratio was 927, which was higher than both the overall Bhojpur district ratio of 907 and the rural-specific Bhojpur district ratio of 910. The sex ratio was lower in the 0-6 age group, with 916 females for every 1000 males, which was slightly below the district's overall (918) and rural (920) sex ratios in this age group. Members of scheduled castes made up 21.44% of the block's population (the highest proportion in Bhojpur) and members of scheduled tribes made up 0.02% (the lowest in Bhojpur). The literacy rate of Charpokhari block was 68.86%, which was lower than the district rate of 70.47%. Literacy was higher in men (81.91%) than in women (54.83%), with the corresponding 27.08% gender gap somewhat exceeding that of the district as a whole (23.71%).[3]
Most of Charpokhari block's workforce in 2011 was employed in agriculture, with 30.70% of workers being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and another 49.89% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages. 4.49% were household industry workers, and the remaining 14.92% were other workers. Most workers in the block were men: 24,011, compared to 6,646 women.[3]
Charpokhari block contains the following 90 villages:[3]
| Village name | Total land area (hectares) | Population (in 2011) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 1,056 | ||
| 56 | 0 | ||
| 53 | 96 | ||
| 333 | 2,711 | ||
| 175 | 1,491 | ||
| 332 | 3,556 | ||
| 220 | 2,294 | ||
| 90 | 588 | ||
| 131 | 600 | ||
| 25 | 0 | ||
| 48 | 0 | ||
| 102 | 701 | ||
| 159 | 2,111 | ||
| 33 | 143 | ||
| 210 | 2,080 | ||
| 125 | 633 | ||
| 160 | 1,656 | ||
| 76 | 349 | ||
| 314 | 2,042 | ||
| 73 | 1,240 | ||
| 18 | 0 | ||
| 68 | 38 | ||
| 47 | 984 | ||
| 61 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 163 | ||
| 92 | 390 | ||
| 51 | 254 | ||
| 29 | 50 | ||
| 157 | 1,917 | ||
| 14 | 0 | ||
| 119 | 927 | ||
| 236 | 1,894 | ||
| 169 | 2,031 | ||
| 24 | 0 | ||
| 149 | 0 | ||
| 209 | 2,452 | ||
| 153 | 1,353 | ||
| 94 | 652 | ||
| 151 | 2,002 | ||
| 111 | 1,264 | ||
| 76.8 | 798 | ||
| 35 | 0 | ||
| 87 | 529 | ||
| Charpokhari (block headquarters) | 103 | 1,874 | |
| 119 | 1,017 | ||
| 113 | 1,091 | ||
| 75 | 291 | ||
| 124 | 1,141 | ||
| 108 | 1,072 | ||
| 35 | 0 | ||
| 274 | 3,299 | ||
| 28 | 0 | ||
| 294 | 3,537 | ||
| 41 | 99 | ||
| 70.9 | 907 | ||
| 219.3 | 4,616 | ||
| 201 | 396 | ||
| 143 | 1,692 | ||
| 102 | 1,366 | ||
| 34 | 0 | ||
| 189 | 2,096 | ||
| 136 | 1,365 | ||
| 202 | 2,025 | ||
| 227 | 1,496 | ||
| 96 | 1,168 | ||
| 82 | 1,031 | ||
| 44 | 99 | ||
| 77 | 1,405 | ||
| 175 | 1,220 | ||
| 109 | 1,866 | ||
| 557 | 5,237 | ||
| 53 | 0 | ||
| 63 | 138 | ||
| 91 | 1,038 | ||
| 126 | 1,759 | ||
| 423 | 6,039 | ||
| 101 | 1,370 | ||
| 99 | 1,087 | ||
| 61 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 338 | ||
| 218 | 2,289 | ||
| 33 | 0 | ||
| 104 | 878 | ||
| 125 | 550 | ||
| 184 | 1,456 | ||
| 122 | 837 | ||
| 25 | 642 | ||
| 92 | 491 |