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About Khurshi Pora Village

Khurshi Pora is a mid sized village in Bandipora tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 902, made up of 482 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.5 hectares hectares.

Khurshi Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurshi Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Bandipore
Tehsil Bandipora
Area (hectares) 46.5 hectares
Population 902
Male Population 482
Female Population 420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurshi Pora compares

By the 2011 count Khurshi Pora is the 37th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents. Its 46.5 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Khurshi Pora

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

Khurshi Pora lies about 22 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 32 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 Khurshi Pora
Nearest town Kopawor 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Bandipora 22 km
District headquarters Bandipore 22 km
Nearest railway station Sopur 32 km

Villages closest to Khurshi Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurshi Pora village had a population of 902. That makes it the 37th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents.

Khurshi Pora village has 482 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurshi Pora has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Khurshi Pora covers 46.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khurshi Pora falls under Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khurshi Pora is Sopur, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khurshi Pora.

Khurshi Pora is about 22 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurshi Pora is in Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district. Kopawor is about 19 km away. Bandipora is about 22 km away. Bandipore is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Laldiad Pora (under 2 km), Phalwan Pora (under 2 km) and Forest Block (under 2 km).

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

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