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About Maharaj Pora Village

Maharaj Pora is a large village in Pattan tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,536, made up of 1,356 males and 1,180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.5 hectares hectares.

Maharaj Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharaj Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Pattan
Area (hectares) 229.5 hectares
Population 2,536
Male Population 1,356
Female Population 1,180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharaj Pora compares

By the 2011 count Maharaj Pora is the 30th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 229.5 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Maharaj Pora

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

Maharaj Pora lies about 25 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 2.6 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 Maharaj Pora
Nearest railway station Mazhom 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Pattan 5.8 km
Nearest town Soyībug 11 km
District headquarters Baramula 25 km

Villages closest to Maharaj 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 Maharaj Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharaj Pora village had a population of 2,536. That makes it the 30th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Maharaj Pora village has 1,356 males and 1,180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharaj Pora has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Maharaj Pora covers 229.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Maharaj Pora is Mazhom, about 2.6 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 <5 km distance for Maharaj Pora.

Maharaj Pora is about 25 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharaj Pora is in Pattan tehsil of Baramula district. Mazhom is about 2.6 km away. Pattan is about 5.8 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 Chaku (under 2 km), Gund Khawja Kasim (under 2 km) and Nowlari (1.5 km).

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

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