About Tanga Pora Village

Tanga 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 585, made up of 275 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.1 hectares hectares.

Tanga Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tanga Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Area (hectares)	25.1 hectares
Population	585
Male Population	275
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tanga Pora compares

By the 2011 count Tanga Pora is the 42nd 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 25.1 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Tanga Pora

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

Tanga Pora lies about 37 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 2.1 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 Tanga Pora
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	2.1 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	17 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	37 km

Villages closest to Tanga 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 Tanga Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Tanga Pora village had a population of 585. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Tanga Pora village has 275 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tanga Pora has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Tanga Pora covers 25.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Tanga Pora is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 2.1 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 village for Tanga Pora.

Tanga Pora is about 37 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tanga Pora is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 2.1 km away. Soyībug is about 5.7 km away. Sonawari is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.