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About Watal Pora Banda Pora Village

Watal Pora Banda 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 1,847, made up of 1,112 males and 735 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 661 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.5 hectares hectares.

Watal Pora Banda Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Watal Pora Banda Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Area (hectares) 78.5 hectares
Population 1,847
Male Population 1,112
Female Population 735
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 661
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Watal Pora Banda Pora compares

By the 2011 count Watal Pora Banda Pora is the 27th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 78.5 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Watal Pora Banda Pora

Watal Pora Banda Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Watal Pora Banda 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Watal Pora Banda Pora from other places

Watal Pora Banda Pora lies about 9.2 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about under 2 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 Watal Pora Banda Pora
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station under 2 km
Nearest town Soyībug 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah 8.1 km
District headquarters Badgam 9.2 km

Villages closest to Watal Pora Banda 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 Watal Pora Banda Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Watal Pora Banda Pora village had a population of 1,847. That makes it the 27th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Watal Pora Banda Pora village has 1,112 males and 735 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Watal Pora Banda Pora has about 661 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Watal Pora Banda Pora covers 78.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Watal Pora Banda Pora is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Watal Pora Banda Pora.

Watal Pora Banda Pora is about 9.2 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Watal Pora Banda Pora is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about under 2 km away. Soyībug is about 5.4 km away. Beerwah is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hanji Laway Pora (under 2 km), Sozeth Gori Pora (under 2 km) and Chere Har (under 2 km).

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

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