| Poraiyahat | |
| Other Name: | Poreyahat |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
| Coordinates: | 24.6781°N 87.1719°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
| Subdivision Name2: | Godda |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 145 |
| Population Total: | 6319 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages (*For language details see Poraiyahat (community development block)#Language and religion) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Urdu |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Total literates |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 814153 (Poraiyahat) |
| Area Code: | 06422 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Godda |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Poreyahat |
Poraiyahat is a town in the Poraiyahat community division block in the Godda district of Jharkhand, India.
Poraiyahat is a town located on the north-east border of Bihar and Jharkhand.
Poraiyahat has an area of .[1]
The Rajmahal hills run from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south into the Dumka district. The entire area is mostly rural, with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Poraiyahat had a total population of 6,319, of which 3,296 (52%) were males and 3,023 (48%) were females. 876 people were in the age range 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Poraiyahat was 4,106 (75.44% of the population over six years).[1]
The Deoghar-Godda-Pirpainti NH 133 passes through Poraiyahat, and connects to the Farakka-Arwal NH 33 at Pirpainti.[3]
The 30 km Hansdiha-Godda rail, part of the Eastern Railway, passes through Poraiyahat.[4] [5]