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About Now Pora Village

Now 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 1,554, made up of 791 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Now Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Now Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Chadoora
Pincode 191113
Area (hectares) 286.5 hectares
Population 1,554
Male Population 791
Female Population 763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 965
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Now Pora compares

By the 2011 count Now Pora is the 40th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 286.5 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Now Pora

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

How far is Now Pora from other places

Now Pora lies about 30 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Awantipura, about 12 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 Now Pora
Nearest town Pulwama 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Awantipura 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chadoora 20 km
District headquarters Badgam 30 km

Villages closest to Now 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 Now Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Now Pora village had a population of 1,554. That makes it the 40th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Now Pora village has 791 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Now Pora has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 924.

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

Now Pora covers 286.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Now Pora is Awantipura, about 12 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 village for Now Pora.

Now Pora is about 30 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Now Pora is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Pulwama is about 9.0 km away. Awantipura is about 12 km away. Chadoora is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Cheke Nasarabad (2.5 km), Loli Pora Hum Pora (2.7 km) and Namthal Pora (4.9 km).

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

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