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About Alaw Pora Village

Alaw Pora is a small village in Budgam tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 183 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alaw Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alaw Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Budgam
Pincode 191111
Area (hectares) 16.6 hectares
Population 328
Male Population 183
Female Population 145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 792
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alaw Pora compares

By the 2011 count Alaw Pora is the 79th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents. Its 16.6 hectares work out to about 20 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 939.

Getting to Alaw Pora

Alaw Pora is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Alaw Pora as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Alaw Pora from other places

Alaw 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 Alaw Pora
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 1.6 km
Nearest town Badāmibāgh 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Budgam 10 km
District headquarters Badgam 10 km

Villages closest to Alaw Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alaw Pora village had a population of 328. That makes it the 79th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents.

Alaw Pora village has 183 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alaw Pora has about 792 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Alaw Pora is 191111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alaw Pora covers 16.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Alaw Pora falls under Budgam tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Alaw 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Alaw Pora.

Alaw 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.

Alaw Pora is in Budgam tehsil of Badgam district. Srinagar Railway Station is about 1.6 km away. Badāmibāgh is about 5.5 km away. Budgam 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 Dof Pora (under 2 km), Hayat Pora (under 2 km) and Kadi Pora (under 2 km).

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

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