About Adura Village

Adura is a mid sized village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,596, made up of 792 males and 804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adura village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	190.6 hectares
Population	1,596
Male Population	792
Female Population	804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Adura compares

By the 2011 count Adura is the 53rd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 190.6 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Adura

Adura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Adura as Available within 10+ 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 Adura from other places

Adura lies about 27 km from Kupwara. 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 Adura
Nearest town	Sopur	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	17 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	27 km

Villages closest to Adura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Adura village had a population of 1,596. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Adura village has 792 males and 804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adura has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Adura is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adura covers 190.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Adura falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Adura notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Adura.

Adura is about 27 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adura is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Sopur is about 7.1 km away. Handwara is about 17 km away. Kupwara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.