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About Khara Pora Village

Khara 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 277, made up of 152 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares.

Khara Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khara Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khansahib
Area (hectares) 38 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 152
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 822
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khara Pora compares

By the 2011 count Khara Pora is the 88th 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 38 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Khara Pora

Khara Pora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khara Pora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Khara Pora from other places

Khara Pora lies about 13 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 Khara Pora
Tehsil headquarters Khansahib 2.9 km
District headquarters Badgam 13 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 15 km
Nearest town Soyībug 18 km

Villages closest to Khara 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 Khara Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Khara Pora village had a population of 277. That makes it the 88th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Khara Pora village has 152 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khara Pora has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Khara Pora covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

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

Khara Pora is about 13 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khara Pora is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Khansahib is about 2.9 km away. Badgam is about 13 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station 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 Khai Pora (under 2 km), Khari Pora (under 2 km) and Chak Shera (under 2 km).

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

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