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About Gawher Pora Village

Gawher Pora is a mid sized village in Chadoora tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,788, made up of 958 males and 830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawher Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawher Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Chadoora
Pincode 191113
Area (hectares) 153.8 hectares
Population 1,788
Male Population 958
Female Population 830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gawher Pora compares

By the 2011 count Gawher Pora is the 31st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 153.8 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Gawher Pora

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

Gawher Pora lies about 21 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Pampur, about 5.2 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 Gawher Pora
Nearest town Pāmpur 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Pampur 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chadoora 16 km
District headquarters Badgam 21 km

Villages closest to Gawher Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawher Pora village had a population of 1,788. That makes it the 31st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Gawher Pora village has 958 males and 830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawher Pora has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Gawher Pora is 191113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawher Pora covers 153.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gawher Pora falls under Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gawher Pora is Pampur, about 5.2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gawher Pora.

Gawher Pora is about 21 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawher Pora is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Pāmpur is about 2.9 km away. Pampur is about 5.2 km away. Chadoora is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Behram Pora (under 2 km), Bul Bul Pora (under 2 km) and Dowlet Pora (under 2 km).

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

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