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About Bata Pora Village

Bata 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 1,768, made up of 1,495 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.6 hectares hectares.

Bata Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bata Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kupwara
Tehsil Handwara
Area (hectares) 33.6 hectares
Population 1,768
Male Population 1,495
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 183
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bata Pora compares

By the 2011 count Bata Pora is the 47th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 33.6 hectares work out to about 53 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Bata Pora

Bata Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bata Pora as Available within 5 - 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 Bata Pora from other places

Bata Pora lies about 9.1 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 43 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 Bata Pora
District headquarters Kupwara 9.1 km
Nearest town Kopawor 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Handwara 22 km
Nearest railway station Sopur 43 km

Villages closest to Bata 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.

Common questions about Bata Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Bata Pora village had a population of 1,768. That makes it the 47th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Bata Pora village has 1,495 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bata Pora has about 183 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Bata Pora covers 33.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 53 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Bata Pora is Sopur, about 43 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bata Pora.

Bata Pora is about 9.1 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bata Pora is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Kupwara is about 9.1 km away. Kopawor is about 9.1 km away. Handwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bunagam (4.9 km), Gundi Momin (9.4 km) and Pazi Pora (9.8 km).

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

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