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About Gota Pora Village

Gota Pora is a large village in Budgam tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,875, made up of 1,509 males and 1,366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gota Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gota Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Budgam
Pincode 191111
Area (hectares) 164.7 hectares
Population 2,875
Male Population 1,509
Female Population 1,366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gota Pora compares

By the 2011 count Gota Pora is the 7th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents. Its 164.7 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Gota Pora

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

Gota Pora lies about 8.9 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 2.5 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 Gota Pora
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 2.5 km
Nearest town Soyībug 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Budgam 8.9 km
District headquarters Badgam 8.9 km

Villages closest to Gota 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 Gota Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Gota Pora village had a population of 2,875. That makes it the 7th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents.

Gota Pora village has 1,509 males and 1,366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gota Pora has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

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

Gota Pora covers 164.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Gota Pora is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 2.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gota Pora.

Gota Pora is about 8.9 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gota Pora is in Budgam tehsil of Badgam district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 2.5 km away. Soyībug is about 2.8 km away. Budgam is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wadwan Jagir (under 2 km), Arath (1.8 km) and Rakh Arath (1.8 km).

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

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