About Dedar Pora Village

Dedar Pora 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 1,215, made up of 641 males and 574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.8 hectares hectares.

Dedar Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dedar Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	255.8 hectares
Population	1,215
Male Population	641
Female Population	574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dedar Pora compares

By the 2011 count Dedar Pora is the 89th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 255.8 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 929.

Getting to Dedar Pora

Dedar Pora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dedar Pora as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Dedar Pora from other places

Dedar Pora lies about 6.1 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 35 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 Dedar Pora
District headquarters	Kupwara	6.1 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	18 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	35 km

Villages closest to Dedar 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 Dedar Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Dedar Pora village had a population of 1,215. That makes it the 89th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Dedar Pora village has 641 males and 574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dedar Pora has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Dedar Pora covers 255.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dedar Pora is Sopur, about 35 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dedar Pora.

Dedar Pora is about 6.1 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dedar Pora is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Kupwara is about 6.1 km away. Kopawor is about 6.1 km away. Handwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.