About Pala Pora Village

Pala Pora is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 493, made up of 260 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pala Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pala Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193221
Area (hectares)	51 hectares
Population	493
Male Population	260
Female Population	233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pala Pora compares

By the 2011 count Pala Pora is the 150th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 51 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Pala Pora

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

Pala Pora lies about 18 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 Pala Pora
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	10 km
Nearest town	Sopur	15 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	18 km

Villages closest to Pala 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 Pala Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Pala Pora village had a population of 493. That makes it the 150th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Pala Pora village has 260 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pala Pora has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

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

Pala Pora covers 51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The census record for Pala Pora notes the nearest railway station 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 Pala Pora.

Pala Pora is about 18 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pala Pora is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 10 km away. Sopur is about 15 km away. Kupwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.