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About Ahanger Pora Village

Ahanger Pora is a small village in Rafiabad tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 191, made up of 103 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.2 hectares hectares.

Ahanger Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahanger Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Rafiabad
Area (hectares) 20.2 hectares
Population 191
Male Population 103
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ahanger Pora compares

By the 2011 count Ahanger Pora is the 69th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 20.2 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Ahanger Pora

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

Ahanger Pora lies about 30 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 12 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 Ahanger Pora
Nearest town Ganderbal 10 km
Nearest railway station Pattan 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Rafiabad 29 km
District headquarters Baramula 30 km

Villages closest to Ahanger Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahanger Pora village had a population of 191. That makes it the 69th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Ahanger Pora village has 103 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahanger Pora has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Ahanger Pora covers 20.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ahanger Pora falls under Rafiabad tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Ahanger Pora is Pattan, about 12 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 Ahanger Pora.

Ahanger Pora is about 30 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ahanger Pora is in Rafiabad tehsil of Baramula district. Ganderbal is about 10 km away. Pattan is about 12 km away. Rafiabad is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Brana Dab (3.7 km), Vedipora Lurhama (4.3 km) and Hadi Pora (4.4 km).

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

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