About Khan Pora Village

Khan 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 1,068, made up of 570 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khan Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khan Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193221
Area (hectares)	70.4 hectares
Population	1,068
Male Population	570
Female Population	498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khan Pora compares

By the 2011 count Khan Pora is the 102nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 70.4 hectares work out to about 15 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 Khan Pora

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

Khan Pora lies about 25 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 10 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 Khan Pora
Nearest railway station	Sopur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	12 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	25 km

Villages closest to Khan 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 Khan Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Khan Pora village had a population of 1,068. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Khan Pora village has 570 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khan Pora has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Khan Pora is 193221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khan Pora covers 70.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Khan Pora is Sopur, about 10 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 Khan Pora.

Khan Pora is about 25 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khan Pora is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Sopur is about 10 km away. Handwara is about 12 km away. Kupwara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.