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About Pora Village

Pora is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 204 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pora village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Pincode 835209
Area (hectares) 188.2 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 204
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pora compares

By the 2011 count Pora is the 114th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 188.2 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Pora

The census records public bus service for Pora as Available within 10+ 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pora from other places

Pora lies about 16 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, 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 Pora
Nearest railway station Karra 2.4 km
District headquarters Khunti 16 km

Villages closest to Pora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pora village had a population of 413. That makes it the 114th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Pora village has 204 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pora has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Pora is 835209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pora covers 188.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pora falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pora is Karra, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Pora.

Pora is about 16 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pora is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about 2.4 km away. Khunti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ludru (under 2 km), Merle (under 2 km) and Burka (under 2 km).

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

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