About Lachi Pora Village

Lachi 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 689, made up of 360 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.2 hectares hectares.

Lachi Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lachi Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	173.2 hectares
Population	689
Male Population	360
Female Population	329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lachi Pora compares

By the 2011 count Lachi Pora is the 135th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 173.2 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Lachi Pora

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

Lachi Pora lies about 27 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 11 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 Lachi Pora
Nearest town	Bāramūla	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	12 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	27 km

Villages closest to Lachi 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 Lachi Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Lachi Pora village had a population of 689. That makes it the 135th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Lachi Pora village has 360 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lachi Pora has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Lachi Pora covers 173.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Lachi Pora is Baramula, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Lachi Pora.

Lachi Pora is about 27 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lachi Pora is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Bāramūla is about 9.7 km away. Baramula is about 11 km away. Handwara is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.