About Turka Pora Village

Turka 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 1,303, made up of 682 males and 621 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turka Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turka Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193221
Area (hectares)	205.2 hectares
Population	1,303
Male Population	682
Female Population	621
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turka Pora compares

By the 2011 count Turka Pora is the 75th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 205.2 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Turka Pora

Turka Pora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Turka 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. The nearest villages by name are Thuker Pora, Treach, Tuli Gund and Tulwari. 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.

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Common questions about Turka Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Turka Pora village had a population of 1,303. That makes it the 75th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Turka Pora village has 682 males and 621 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turka Pora has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

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

Turka Pora covers 205.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The census record for Turka 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 Turka Pora.

Turka 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.