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About Wahid Pora Village

Wahid Pora is a large village in Lar tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,344, made up of 1,621 males and 723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 446 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.8 hectares hectares.

Wahid Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wahid Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Lar
Area (hectares) 174.8 hectares
Population 2,344
Male Population 1,621
Female Population 723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 446
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wahid Pora compares

By the 2011 count Wahid Pora is the 13th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 174.8 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Wahid Pora

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

Wahid Pora lies about under 2 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 18 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 Wahid Pora
District headquarters Ganderbal under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Lar 12 km
Nearest railway station Mazhom 18 km

Villages closest to Wahid 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 Wahid Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Wahid Pora village had a population of 2,344. That makes it the 13th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Wahid Pora village has 1,621 males and 723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wahid Pora has about 446 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Wahid Pora covers 174.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Wahid Pora is Mazhom, about 18 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 Wahid Pora.

Wahid Pora is about under 2 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wahid Pora is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Ganderbal is about under 2 km away. Lar is about 12 km away. Mazhom 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 Thuru (under 2 km), Danger Pora (1.9 km) and Bardala (2.4 km).

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

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