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About Otter Pora Village

Otter Pora is a mid sized village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 962, made up of 486 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Otter Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otter Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 64.4 hectares
Population 962
Male Population 486
Female Population 476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Otter Pora compares

By the 2011 count Otter Pora is the 59th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 64.4 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Otter Pora

Otter Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Otter Pora as Available within 5 - 10 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 Otter Pora from other places

Otter Pora lies about 10 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 1.6 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 Otter Pora
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 1.6 km
Nearest town Badāmibāgh 5.5 km
District headquarters Badgam 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah 22 km

Villages closest to Otter Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Otter Pora village had a population of 962. That makes it the 59th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Otter Pora village has 486 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otter Pora has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Otter Pora is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Otter Pora covers 64.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Otter Pora falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Otter Pora is Srinagar Railway Station, about 1.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Otter Pora.

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

Otter Pora is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Srinagar Railway Station is about 1.6 km away. Badāmibāgh is about 5.5 km away. Badgam is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aqil Pora (under 2 km), Basi Pora (under 2 km) and Hayat Pora (under 2 km).

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

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