About Rakh Sultan Pora Village

Rakh Sultan Pora is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,613, made up of 1,313 males and 1,300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1692.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakh Sultan Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakh Sultan Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Pincode	193501
Area (hectares)	1692.8 hectares
Population	2,613
Male Population	1,313
Female Population	1,300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakh Sultan Pora compares

By the 2011 count Rakh Sultan Pora is the 22nd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 1692.8 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Rakh Sultan Pora

Rakh Sultan Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rakh Sultan Pora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Rakh Sultan Pora from other places

Rakh Sultan Pora lies about 27 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 14 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 Rakh Sultan Pora
Nearest town	Ganderbal	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	11 km
Nearest railway station	Mazhom	14 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	27 km

Villages closest to Rakh Sultan 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.

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Common questions about Rakh Sultan Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakh Sultan Pora village had a population of 2,613. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Rakh Sultan Pora village has 1,313 males and 1,300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakh Sultan Pora has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Rakh Sultan Pora is 193501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakh Sultan Pora covers 1692.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Rakh Sultan Pora is Mazhom, about 14 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 village for Rakh Sultan Pora.

Rakh Sultan Pora is about 27 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakh Sultan Pora is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Ganderbal is about 5.2 km away. Sonawari is about 11 km away. Mazhom is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.