About Bada Kot Machi Pora Village

Bada Kot Machi Pora is a large village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,011, made up of 1,020 males and 991 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bada Kot Machi Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bada Kot Machi Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	293.4 hectares
Population	2,011
Male Population	1,020
Female Population	991
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bada Kot Machi Pora compares

By the 2011 count Bada Kot Machi Pora is the 30th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 293.4 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Bada Kot Machi Pora

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

Bada Kot Machi Pora lies about 13 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 25 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 Bada Kot Machi Pora
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	3.5 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	13 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	13 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	25 km

Villages closest to Bada Kot Machi Pora

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 Bada Kot Machi Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Bada Kot Machi Pora village had a population of 2,011. That makes it the 30th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Bada Kot Machi Pora village has 1,020 males and 991 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bada Kot Machi Pora has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Bada Kot Machi Pora is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bada Kot Machi Pora covers 293.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bada Kot Machi Pora falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bada Kot Machi Pora is Baramula, about 25 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 Bada Kot Machi Pora.

Bada Kot Machi Pora is about 13 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bada Kot Machi Pora is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 3.5 km away. Kupwara is about 13 km away. Kopawor is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachlu Qazi Pora (under 2 km), Sanzi Pora Kutlari (under 2 km) and Sheikh Pora (under 2 km).

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