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About Baba Pora Village

Baba Pora is a small village in Khansahib tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 131 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.2 hectares hectares.

Baba Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baba Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khansahib
Area (hectares) 33.2 hectares
Population 263
Male Population 131
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baba Pora compares

By the 2011 count Baba Pora is the 90th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 33.2 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Baba Pora

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

Baba Pora lies about 11 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 5.6 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 Baba Pora
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 5.6 km
Nearest town Soyībug 9.7 km
District headquarters Badgam 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Khansahib 14 km

Villages closest to Baba Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baba Pora village had a population of 263. That makes it the 90th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Baba Pora village has 131 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baba Pora has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Baba Pora covers 33.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Baba Pora falls under Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Baba Pora is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 5.6 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 Baba Pora.

Baba Pora is about 11 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baba Pora is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 5.6 km away. Soyībug is about 9.7 km away. Badgam is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mula Naru (2.7 km), Khod Rawat Pora (4.5 km) and Rawal Pora Beerua (4.5 km).

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

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