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About Gadhanji Pora Village

Gadhanji 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 1,351, made up of 641 males and 710 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadhanji Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadhanji Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Bijbehara
Pincode 192124
Area (hectares) 406.7 hectares
Population 1,351
Male Population 641
Female Population 710
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,108
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gadhanji Pora compares

By the 2011 count Gadhanji Pora is the 29th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents. Its 406.7 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Gadhanji Pora

Gadhanji Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gadhanji Pora as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gadhanji Pora from other places

Gadhanji Pora lies about 15 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Sadura, about 11 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 Gadhanji Pora
Nearest town Kulgam under 2 km
Nearest railway station Sadura 11 km
District headquarters Anantnag 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Bijbehara 18 km

Villages closest to Gadhanji 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 Gadhanji Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadhanji Pora village had a population of 1,351. That makes it the 29th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents.

Gadhanji Pora village has 641 males and 710 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadhanji Pora has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Gadhanji Pora is 192124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadhanji Pora covers 406.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gadhanji Pora is Sadura, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Gadhanji Pora is about 15 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadhanji Pora is in Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district. Kulgam is about under 2 km away. Sadura is about 11 km away. Anantnag is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gantali Pora (under 2 km), Beya Warah (6.6 km) and Mahind (7.9 km).

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

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