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About Tala Pora Village

Tala 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 465, made up of 247 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.8 hectares hectares.

Tala Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tala Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khansahib
Area (hectares) 134.8 hectares
Population 465
Male Population 247
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
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 Tala Pora compares

By the 2011 count Tala Pora is the 72nd 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 134.8 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Tala Pora

Tala Pora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tala 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 Tala Pora from other places

Tala 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 Tala 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 Tala 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 Tala Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Tala Pora village had a population of 465. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Tala Pora village has 247 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tala Pora has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Tala Pora covers 134.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tala 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 - 10 km distance for Tala Pora.

Tala 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.

Tala 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 Faja Pora (under 2 km).

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

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