About Shah Pora Village

Shah Pora is a large village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,212, made up of 1,158 males and 1,054 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376.4 hectares hectares.

Shah Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shah Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Gurez
Area (hectares)	376.4 hectares
Population	2,212
Male Population	1,158
Female Population	1,054
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shah Pora compares

By the 2011 count Shah Pora is the 5th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 376.4 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 822.

Getting to Shah Pora

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

Shah Pora lies about 35 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 59 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 Shah Pora
Tehsil headquarters	Gurez	11 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	35 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	35 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	59 km

Villages closest to Shah Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shah Pora village had a population of 2,212. That makes it the 5th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Shah Pora village has 1,158 males and 1,054 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shah Pora has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 822.

Shah Pora covers 376.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shah Pora falls under Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Shah Pora is Hamre, about 59 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shah Pora.

Shah Pora is about 35 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shah Pora is in Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Gurez is about 11 km away. Bandipore is about 35 km away. Bandipura is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.