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About Turka Batapora Village

Turka Batapora is a mid sized village in Tangmarg tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 900, made up of 444 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.5 hectares hectares.

Turka Batapora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turka Batapora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Tangmarg
Area (hectares) 95.5 hectares
Population 900
Male Population 444
Female Population 456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Turka Batapora compares

By the 2011 count Turka Batapora is the 37th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 95.5 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Turka Batapora

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

Turka Batapora lies about 28 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 1.9 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 Turka Batapora
Nearest railway station Mazhom 1.9 km
Nearest town Soyībug 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Tangmarg 18 km
District headquarters Baramula 28 km

Villages closest to Turka Batapora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tangmarg 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 Turka Batapora

As per the Census of India 2011, Turka Batapora village had a population of 900. That makes it the 37th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Turka Batapora village has 444 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turka Batapora has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Turka Batapora covers 95.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Turka Batapora falls under Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Turka Batapora is Mazhom, about 1.9 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 Turka Batapora.

Turka Batapora is about 28 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turka Batapora is in Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district. Mazhom is about 1.9 km away. Soyībug is about 8.5 km away. Tangmarg is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darweshpora (under 2 km), Dewa Dragar (under 2 km) and Chak Mirza Jamadar (4.5 km).

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

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