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About Gansh Pora Village

Gansh Pora is a mid sized village in Pahalgam tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,058, made up of 575 males and 483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.2 hectares hectares.

Gansh Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gansh Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Pahalgam
Area (hectares) 135.2 hectares
Population 1,058
Male Population 575
Female Population 483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gansh Pora compares

By the 2011 count Gansh Pora is the 35th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 135.2 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Gansh Pora

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

Gansh Pora lies about 19 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Panzgom, about 2.4 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 Gansh Pora
Nearest railway station Panzgom 2.4 km
Nearest town Bijbehara 11 km
District headquarters Anantnag 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Pahalgam 31 km

Villages closest to Gansh Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gansh Pora village had a population of 1,058. That makes it the 35th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Gansh Pora village has 575 males and 483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gansh Pora has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Gansh Pora covers 135.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gansh Pora falls under Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gansh Pora is Panzgom, about 2.4 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 <5 km distance for Gansh Pora.

Gansh Pora is about 19 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gansh Pora is in Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district. Panzgom is about 2.4 km away. Bijbehara is about 11 km away. Anantnag is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lari Pora (under 2 km), Logri Pora (under 2 km) and Singh Pora (under 2 km).

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

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