About Mahan Pora Village

Mahan Pora is a large village in Bashohli tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,147, made up of 2,190 males and 1,957 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1051 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahan Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahan Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bashohli
Pincode	184202
Area (hectares)	1051 hectares
Population	4,147
Male Population	2,190
Female Population	1,957
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahan Pora compares

By the 2011 count Mahan Pora is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 1051 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Mahan Pora

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

Mahan Pora lies about 41 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 Mahan Pora
Tehsil headquarters	Bashohli	13 km
Nearest town	Chamba	20 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	22 km
District headquarters	Kathua	41 km

Villages closest to Mahan Pora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bashohli 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.

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Common questions about Mahan Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahan Pora village had a population of 4,147. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Mahan Pora village has 2,190 males and 1,957 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahan Pora has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Mahan Pora is 184202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahan Pora covers 1051 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahan Pora falls under Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Mahan Pora is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 Mahan Pora.

Mahan Pora is about 41 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahan Pora is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Bashohli is about 13 km away. Chamba is about 20 km away. Nurpur Road is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.