About Porda Village

Porda is a mid sized village in Dasada tehsil, in the district of Surendranagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,720, made up of 925 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1381.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382765, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porda village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Surendranagar
Tehsil	Dasada
Pincode	382765
Area (hectares)	1381.29 hectares
Population	1,720
Male Population	925
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porda compares

By the 2011 count Porda is the 32nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents. Its 1381.29 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

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 within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porda from other places

Porda lies about 53 km from Surendranagar, and the nearest railway station is Sadla, about 3.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Porda
Nearest railway station	Sadla	3.7 km
Nearest town	Viramgām	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasada	20 km
District headquarters	Surendranagar	53 km

Villages closest to Porda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasada tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Porda

As per the Census of India 2011, Porda village had a population of 1,720. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents.

Porda village has 925 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porda has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Porda is 382765. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porda covers 1381.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Porda falls under Dasada tehsil of Surendranagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Porda is Sadla, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Porda.

Porda is about 53 km from Surendranagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porda is in Dasada tehsil of Surendranagar district. Sadla is about 3.7 km away. Viramgām is about 17 km away. Dasada is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.