About Sheikh Pora Village

Sheikh 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 775, made up of 415 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sheikh Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sheikh Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	130.3 hectares
Population	775
Male Population	415
Female Population	360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sheikh Pora compares

By the 2011 count Sheikh Pora is the 124th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 130.3 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Sheikh Pora

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

Sheikh 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 Sheikh 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 Sheikh 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 Sheikh Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Sheikh Pora village had a population of 775. That makes it the 124th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Sheikh Pora village has 415 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sheikh Pora has about 867 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 Sheikh Pora is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sheikh Pora covers 130.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sheikh 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sheikh Pora.

Sheikh 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.

Sheikh 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.