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About Shah Pora Village

Shah Pora is a mid sized village in Tral tehsil, in the district of Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 635, made up of 336 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.7 hectares hectares.

Shah Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shah Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Pulwama
Tehsil Tral
Area (hectares) 130.7 hectares
Population 635
Male Population 336
Female Population 299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shah Pora compares

By the 2011 count Shah Pora is the 51st largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 130.7 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 962.

Getting to Shah Pora

Shah Pora is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Shah Pora as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Shah Pora from other places

Shah Pora lies about 13 km from Pulwama, and the nearest railway station is Panzgom, about 2.4 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 Shah Pora
Nearest railway station Panzgom 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Tral 9.8 km
Nearest town Bijbehara 11 km
District headquarters Pulwama 13 km

Villages closest to Shah Pora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tral 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.

Common questions about Shah Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Shah Pora village had a population of 635. That makes it the 51st largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Shah Pora village has 336 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shah Pora has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Shah Pora covers 130.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shah Pora falls under Tral tehsil of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Shah Pora is Panzgom, about 2.4 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shah Pora.

Shah Pora is about 13 km from Pulwama in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shah Pora is in Tral tehsil of Pulwama district. Panzgom is about 2.4 km away. Tral is about 9.8 km away. Bijbehara is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khasi Pora (under 2 km), Nagin Pora (under 2 km) and Doni Gund (3.1 km).

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

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