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About Khan Pora Village

Khan Pora is a small village in Lar tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 216 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.2 hectares hectares.

Khan Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khan Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Lar
Area (hectares) 67.2 hectares
Population 401
Male Population 216
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khan Pora compares

By the 2011 count Khan Pora is the 35th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 67.2 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Khan Pora

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

Khan Pora lies about 18 km from Ganderbal, 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 Khan Pora
Nearest railway station Mazhom 2.6 km
Nearest town Soyībug 6.3 km
District headquarters Ganderbal 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Lar 29 km

Villages closest to Khan 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 Khan Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Khan Pora village had a population of 401. That makes it the 35th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Khan Pora village has 216 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khan Pora has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Khan Pora covers 67.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khan 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 Khan Pora.

Khan Pora is about 18 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khan Pora is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Mazhom is about 2.6 km away. Soyībug is about 6.3 km away. Ganderbal 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 Sheikh Zoo (under 2 km), Narayan Bagh (9.0 km) and Baghi Dab (11 km).

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

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