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About Malik Pora Village

Malik Pora is a mid sized village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 367 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.2 hectares hectares.

Malik Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malik Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Bandipore
Tehsil Sonawari
Area (hectares) 31.2 hectares
Population 703
Male Population 367
Female Population 336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malik Pora compares

By the 2011 count Malik Pora is the 40th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 31.2 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Malik Pora

Malik Pora is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Malik Pora as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Malik Pora from other places

Malik Pora lies about 28 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 7.2 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 Malik Pora
Nearest railway station Mazhom 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonawari 8.3 km
Nearest town Soyībug 11 km
District headquarters Bandipore 28 km

Villages closest to Malik Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malik Pora village had a population of 703. That makes it the 40th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Malik Pora village has 367 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malik Pora has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Malik Pora covers 31.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Malik Pora falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Malik Pora is Mazhom, about 7.2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Malik Pora.

Malik Pora is about 28 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malik Pora is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Mazhom is about 7.2 km away. Sonawari is about 8.3 km away. Soyībug is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gund Khalil (under 2 km), Tirgam (under 2 km) and Shadi Pora (2.7 km).

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

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