About Muqam Handwan Pora Village

Muqam Handwan 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 470, made up of 255 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.5 hectares hectares.

Muqam Handwan Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muqam Handwan Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	44.5 hectares
Population	470
Male Population	255
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Muqam Handwan Pora compares

By the 2011 count Muqam Handwan Pora is the 154th 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 44.5 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Muqam Handwan Pora

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

Muqam Handwan Pora lies about 20 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 18 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 Muqam Handwan Pora
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	5.4 km
Nearest town	Bāramūla	17 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	18 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	20 km

Villages closest to Muqam Handwan 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 Muqam Handwan Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Muqam Handwan Pora village had a population of 470. That makes it the 154th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Muqam Handwan Pora village has 255 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muqam Handwan Pora has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Muqam Handwan Pora covers 44.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Muqam Handwan Pora is Baramula, about 18 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 Muqam Handwan Pora.

Muqam Handwan Pora is about 20 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muqam Handwan Pora is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 5.4 km away. Bāramūla is about 17 km away. Baramula is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muqam Rajwar (under 2 km), Choti Pora (1.7 km) and Chunti Pora (1.7 km).

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