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About Khanday Pora Village

Khanday 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 607, made up of 301 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanday Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanday Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khag
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 27.5 hectares
Population 607
Male Population 301
Female Population 306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanday Pora compares

By the 2011 count Khanday Pora is the 32nd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents. Its 27.5 hectares work out to about 22 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 Khanday Pora

Khanday Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanday Pora as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khanday Pora from other places

Khanday Pora lies about 20 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 16 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 Khanday Pora
Nearest town Ganderbal 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Mazhom 16 km
District headquarters Badgam 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Khag 32 km

Villages closest to Khanday 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 Khanday Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanday Pora village had a population of 607. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents.

Khanday Pora village has 301 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanday Pora has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Khanday Pora is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanday Pora covers 27.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Khanday Pora is Mazhom, about 16 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 <5 km distance for Khanday Pora.

Khanday 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.

Khanday Pora is in Khag tehsil of Badgam district. Ganderbal is about 3.8 km away. Mazhom is about 16 km away. Badgam 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 Sita Haran (under 2 km), Kanchati Pora (2.7 km) and Lachman Pora (2.7 km).

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

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