About Shanker Pora Village

Shanker Pora is a large village in Dooru tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,486, made up of 1,396 males and 1,090 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.3 hectares hectares.

Shanker Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shanker Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Dooru
Area (hectares)	283.3 hectares
Population	2,486
Male Population	1,396
Female Population	1,090
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	781
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shanker Pora compares

By the 2011 count Shanker Pora is the 32nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents. Its 283.3 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Shanker Pora

Shanker Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shanker 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 Shanker Pora from other places

Shanker Pora lies about 12 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Qazigund, about 4.1 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 Shanker Pora
Nearest railway station	Qazigund	4.1 km
Nearest town	Dooru Verinag	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dooru	12 km
District headquarters	Anantnag	12 km

Villages closest to Shanker Pora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dooru 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 Shanker Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Shanker Pora village had a population of 2,486. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents.

Shanker Pora village has 1,396 males and 1,090 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shanker Pora has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Shanker Pora covers 283.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shanker Pora falls under Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Shanker Pora is Qazigund, about 4.1 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 Shanker Pora.

Shanker Pora is about 12 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shanker Pora is in Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district. Qazigund is about 4.1 km away. Dooru Verinag is about 9.0 km away. Dooru is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.