About Machi Pora Village

Machi Pora is a mid sized village in Khansahib tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 598, made up of 314 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.6 hectares hectares.

Machi Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machi Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Khansahib
Area (hectares)	69.6 hectares
Population	598
Male Population	314
Female Population	284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machi Pora compares

By the 2011 count Machi Pora is the 62nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 69.6 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Machi Pora

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

Machi 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 Machi 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 Machi 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.

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Common questions about Machi Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Machi Pora village had a population of 598. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Machi Pora village has 314 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machi Pora has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Machi Pora covers 69.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Machi 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Machi Pora.

Machi 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.

Machi 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.