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About Lacham Pora Village

Lacham 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 1,074, made up of 586 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.7 hectares hectares.

Lacham Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lacham Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kupwara
Tehsil Handwara
Area (hectares) 251.7 hectares
Population 1,074
Male Population 586
Female Population 488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lacham Pora compares

By the 2011 count Lacham Pora is the 100th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 251.7 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 Lacham Pora

Lacham Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lacham 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. The nearest villages by name are Kukrusa, Kulan Gam Bagh, Kultra and Kunel. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Lacham Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Lacham Pora village had a population of 1,074. That makes it the 100th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Lacham Pora village has 586 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lacham Pora has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Lacham Pora covers 251.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

Lacham Pora is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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