About Gulshan Pora Village

Gulshan 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 2,573, made up of 1,312 males and 1,261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.1 hectares hectares.

Gulshan Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulshan Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Area (hectares)	165.1 hectares
Population	2,573
Male Population	1,312
Female Population	1,261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
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 Gulshan Pora compares

By the 2011 count Gulshan Pora is the 23rd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 165.1 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gulshan Pora

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

Gulshan 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 Gulshan 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 Gulshan 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 Gulshan Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulshan Pora village had a population of 2,573. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Gulshan Pora village has 1,312 males and 1,261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulshan Pora has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Gulshan Pora covers 165.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Gulshan 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gulshan Pora.

Gulshan 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.

Gulshan 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.