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About Wadi Pora Village

Wadi 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 1,704, made up of 890 males and 814 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wadi Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadi Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Chadoora
Pincode 191113
Area (hectares) 305.5 hectares
Population 1,704
Male Population 890
Female Population 814
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadi Pora compares

By the 2011 count Wadi Pora is the 36th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 305.5 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Wadi Pora

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

Wadi 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 Wadi Pora
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 1.6 km
Nearest town Badāmibāgh 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chadoora 9.7 km
District headquarters Badgam 10 km

Villages closest to Wadi 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 Wadi Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadi Pora village had a population of 1,704. That makes it the 36th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Wadi Pora village has 890 males and 814 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadi Pora has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 924.

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

Wadi Pora covers 305.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Wadi 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Wadi Pora.

Wadi 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.

Wadi Pora is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Srinagar Railway Station is about 1.6 km away. Badāmibāgh is about 5.5 km away. Chadoora is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Auli Pora (under 2 km), Auwan Pora (under 2 km) and Badi Pora (under 2 km).

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

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