# Now Pora Shah Abad Village, Dooru – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Dooru, Anantnag 

# Now Pora Shah Abad

Now Pora Shah Abad is a village in Dooru sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **192231**. The 2011 Census counted **3,026 people in 334 households**, the 21st largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 3,026people (2011)
- 334households
- 72.8%literacy
- 192231PIN code

## Now Pora Shah Abad PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Now Pora Shah Abad is 192231.** Now Pora Shah Abad falls in Dooru sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code192231
- Gram panchayatNow Pora Shah Abad
- Community development blockShahabad
- Census village code003841

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Now Pora Shah Abad from nearby towns?

- Duroo (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)20 km by road
- Dooru (nearest town)5 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Now Pora Shah Abad?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Now Pora Shah Abad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dooru
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dooru
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Now Pora Shah Abad known for?

Products made here include carpet, chainstitch and pottery. About 48% of the 212 hectares of village land is sown, and 96 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Now Pora Shah Abad

Of every 100 households in Now Pora Shah Abad in 2011, 99 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Now Pora Shah Abad · ■ Dooru rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**35%

Tap water ****98%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**44%

Television ****50%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Now Pora Shah Abad?

■ Now Pora Shah Abad · ■ Dooru rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**825

Working population ****32.4%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 65.0% for women. 35% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (2%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 205 (21%) · **■** Marginal 725 (74%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dooru

- Checki Wan Gund3,555 people
- Shangran Devsar3,476 people
- Mundah3,323 people
- Hardu Dehrana3,099 people
- Tunjlu2,705 people
- Kriri Shah Abad2,704 people
- Hillar Shah Abad2,702 people
- Irote Damjan2,674 people

[All 62 villages in Dooru](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/dooru/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Now Pora Shah Abad?192231
- How far is Now Pora Shah Abad from Anantnag?20 km by road
- What is the population of Now Pora Shah Abad?3,026 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Now Pora Shah Abad in?Anantnag district (Dooru sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Now Pora Shah Abad?72.8% (Census 2011)
