About Shandar Pora Village

Shandar Pora is a large village in Chadoora tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,509, made up of 1,921 males and 1,588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shandar Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shandar Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Chadoora
Pincode	191113
Area (hectares)	367.9 hectares
Population	3,509
Male Population	1,921
Female Population	1,588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	827
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shandar Pora compares

By the 2011 count Shandar Pora is the 9th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 367.9 hectares work out to about 9.5 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 Shandar Pora

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

Shandar Pora lies about 20 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Kakapor, about 11 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 Shandar Pora
Nearest town	Pulwama	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chadoora	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Kakapor	11 km
District headquarters	Badgam	20 km

Villages closest to Shandar 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.

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Common questions about Shandar Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Shandar Pora village had a population of 3,509. That makes it the 9th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Shandar Pora village has 1,921 males and 1,588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shandar Pora has about 827 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 Shandar Pora is 191113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shandar Pora covers 367.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Shandar Pora is Kakapor, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Shandar Pora.

Shandar Pora is about 20 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shandar Pora is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Pulwama is about 4.5 km away. Chadoora is about 9.9 km away. Kakapor is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.