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About Faja Pora Village

Faja 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 319, made up of 165 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.1 hectares hectares.

Faja Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faja Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khansahib
Area (hectares) 61.1 hectares
Population 319
Male Population 165
Female Population 154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Faja Pora compares

By the 2011 count Faja Pora is the 84th 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 61.1 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 Faja Pora

Faja Pora is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Faja Pora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Faja Pora from other places

Faja 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 Faja Pora
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 1.6 km
Nearest town Badāmibāgh 5.5 km
District headquarters Badgam 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Khansahib 19 km

Villages closest to Faja 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 Faja Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Faja Pora village had a population of 319. That makes it the 84th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Faja Pora village has 165 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faja Pora has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 924.

Faja Pora covers 61.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Faja 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Faja Pora.

Faja 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.

Faja Pora is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Srinagar Railway Station is about 1.6 km away. Badāmibāgh is about 5.5 km away. Badgam is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bala Pora (under 2 km), Brari Pora (under 2 km) and Goti Pora (under 2 km).

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

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