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About Khushal Pora Village

Khushal Pora is a mid sized village in Pattan tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 352 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 578.7 hectares hectares.

Khushal Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khushal Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Pattan
Area (hectares) 578.7 hectares
Population 678
Male Population 352
Female Population 326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khushal Pora compares

By the 2011 count Khushal Pora is the 77th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 578.7 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Khushal Pora

Khushal Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khushal Pora as Available within <5 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 Khushal Pora from other places

Khushal Pora lies about 36 km from Baramula, 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 Khushal Pora
Nearest town Ganderbal 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Mazhom 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Pattan 17 km
District headquarters Baramula 36 km

Villages closest to Khushal Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khushal Pora village had a population of 678. That makes it the 77th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Khushal Pora village has 352 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khushal Pora has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Khushal Pora covers 578.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khushal Pora falls under Pattan tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khushal 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khushal Pora.

Khushal Pora is about 36 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khushal Pora is in Pattan tehsil of Baramula district. Ganderbal is about 5.2 km away. Mazhom is about 14 km away. Pattan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baba Khi Pora (under 2 km), Dilshad Pora (under 2 km) and Khusrag Pora (under 2 km).

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

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