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About Badam Pora Village

Badam Pora is a mid sized village in Lar tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,817, made up of 974 males and 843 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.3 hectares hectares.

Badam Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badam Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Lar
Area (hectares) 81.3 hectares
Population 1,817
Male Population 974
Female Population 843
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badam Pora compares

By the 2011 count Badam Pora is the 18th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 81.3 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Badam Pora

Badam Pora is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badam Pora as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Badam Pora from other places

Badam Pora lies about 7.5 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, 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 Badam Pora
District headquarters Ganderbal 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Pattan 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Lar 18 km

Villages closest to Badam Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badam Pora village had a population of 1,817. That makes it the 18th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Badam Pora village has 974 males and 843 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badam Pora has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Badam Pora covers 81.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Badam Pora falls under Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Badam Pora is Pattan, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badam Pora.

Badam Pora is about 7.5 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badam Pora is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Ganderbal is about 7.5 km away. Pattan is about 14 km away. Lar 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 Zazna (under 2 km), Nawab Bag (under 2 km) and Zari Gund (under 2 km).

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

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