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About Porda Village

Porda is a mid sized village in Gharghoda tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,255, made up of 606 males and 649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 800.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Gharghoda
Pincode 494448
Area (hectares) 800.52 hectares
Population 1,255
Male Population 606
Female Population 649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Porda compares

By the 2011 count Porda is the 20th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 800.52 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Porda

Porda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Porda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Naya Rampur, Pakadarha, Pandripani and Panikhet. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Porda

As per the Census of India 2011, Porda village had a population of 1,255. That makes it the 20th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Porda village has 606 males and 649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porda has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Porda is 494448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porda covers 800.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Porda falls under Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Porda notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Porda.

Porda is in Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Porda today is likely to be higher.

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