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About Kangri Pora Village

Kangri Pora is a mid sized village in Khag tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,115, made up of 548 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.6 hectares hectares.

Kangri Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kangri Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khag
Area (hectares) 71.6 hectares
Population 1,115
Male Population 548
Female Population 567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kangri Pora compares

By the 2011 count Kangri Pora is the 20th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents. Its 71.6 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Kangri Pora

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

Kangri Pora lies about 15 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 15 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 Kangri Pora
Tehsil headquarters Khag 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 15 km
District headquarters Badgam 15 km
Nearest town Soyībug 18 km

Villages closest to Kangri Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kangri Pora village had a population of 1,115. That makes it the 20th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents.

Kangri Pora village has 548 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kangri Pora has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Kangri Pora covers 71.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kangri Pora falls under Khag tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kangri Pora is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 15 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 Kangri Pora.

Kangri Pora is about 15 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kangri Pora is in Khag tehsil of Badgam district. Khag is about 8.7 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 15 km away. Badgam is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Habar Daradlasi Pora (1.5 km), Bata Pora Drang (1.8 km) and Drang (1.8 km).

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

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