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About Bander Pora Village

Bander Pora is a mid sized village in Bijbehara tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,562, made up of 777 males and 785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.5 hectares hectares.

Bander Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bander Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Bijbehara
Area (hectares) 91.5 hectares
Population 1,562
Male Population 777
Female Population 785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bander Pora compares

By the 2011 count Bander Pora is the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents. Its 91.5 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Bander Pora

Bander Pora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bander Pora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bander Pora from other places

Bander Pora lies about 8.5 km from Bijbehara, and the nearest railway station is Anantnag, about 2.6 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 Bander Pora
Nearest railway station Anantnag 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bijbehara 8.5 km

Villages closest to Bander Pora

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

Common questions about Bander Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Bander Pora village had a population of 1,562. That makes it the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents.

Bander Pora village has 777 males and 785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bander Pora has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Bander Pora covers 91.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bander Pora falls under Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bander Pora is Anantnag, about 2.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bander Pora.

Bander Pora is about 8.5 km from Bijbehara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bander Pora is in Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district. Anantnag is about 2.6 km away. Bijbehara is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chunda Pora (under 2 km), Hamzeh Pora (under 2 km) and Jabli Pora (under 2 km).

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

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