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About Hard Pora Village

Hard Pora is a large village in Kokernag tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,227, made up of 1,142 males and 1,085 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.5 hectares hectares.

Hard Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hard Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Kokernag
Area (hectares) 163.5 hectares
Population 2,227
Male Population 1,142
Female Population 1,085
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hard Pora compares

By the 2011 count Hard Pora is the 32nd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents. Its 163.5 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Hard Pora

Hard Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hard Pora as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Hard Pora from other places

Hard Pora lies about 10 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Sadura, about 7.9 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 Hard Pora
Nearest railway station Sadura 7.9 km
District headquarters Anantnag 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Kokernag 13 km

Villages closest to Hard Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hard Pora village had a population of 2,227. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents.

Hard Pora village has 1,142 males and 1,085 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hard Pora has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Hard Pora covers 163.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Hard Pora falls under Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Hard Pora is Sadura, about 7.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Hard Pora.

Hard Pora is about 10 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hard Pora is in Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district. Sadura is about 7.9 km away. Anantnag is about 10 km away. Kokernag is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dam Hall (2.2 km), Akin Gam (2.3 km) and Mohri Pora (2.3 km).

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

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