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About Khara Pora Village

Khara 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 2,784, made up of 1,441 males and 1,343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khara Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khara Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Kokernag
Pincode 192202
Area (hectares) 306.3 hectares
Population 2,784
Male Population 1,441
Female Population 1,343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khara Pora compares

By the 2011 count Khara Pora is the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents. Its 306.3 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Khara Pora

Khara Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khara Pora from other places

Khara Pora lies about 35 km from Kokernag, and the nearest railway station is Anantnag, about 15 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 Khara Pora
Nearest town Kulgam 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Anantnag 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kokernag 35 km

Villages closest to Khara 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 Khara Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Khara Pora village had a population of 2,784. That makes it the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents.

Khara Pora village has 1,441 males and 1,343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khara Pora has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Khara Pora is 192202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khara Pora covers 306.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Khara Pora is Anantnag, about 15 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 village for Khara Pora.

Khara Pora is about 35 km from Kokernag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khara Pora is in Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district. Kulgam is about 6.5 km away. Anantnag is about 15 km away. Kokernag is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bidder Hayat Pora (6.5 km), Dan Veth Pora (6.5 km) and Addi Gam (13 km).

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

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