# Hard Pora Village, Kokernag, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kokernag, Anantnag 

# Hard Pora

Hard Pora is a village in Kokernag sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **2,227 people in 297 households**, the 32nd largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 51.9%.

- 2,227people (2011)
- 297households
- 75.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Hard Pora PIN code and other codes

Hard Pora falls in Kokernag sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatHard Pora
- Community development blockAchabal
- Census village code003767

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

## How far is Hard Pora from nearby towns?

- Kokernag (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)12 km by road
- Achabal (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 Hard Pora?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Hard Pora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Akimgam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Anantnag
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 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 Hard Pora known for?

Products made here include carpet. About 73% of the 164 hectares of village land is sown, and 115 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 Hard Pora

Of every 100 households in Hard Pora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Hard Pora · ■ Kokernag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**39%

Tap water ****100%**

**66%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****67%**

**40%

Television ****58%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**30%

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 Hard Pora?

■ Hard Pora · ■ Kokernag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**51.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**914

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**837

Working population ****25.0%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 66.9% for women. 43% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 167 (30%) · **■** Marginal 343 (62%)

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 Kokernag

- Kandi Warin2,679 people
- Kehar Pora2,561 people
- Badhi Har2,540 people
- Lisoo Bran Nar2,470 people
- Adeh Hall2,068 people
- Niamat Pora1,927 people
- Gad Wail1,910 people
- Booch1,842 people

[All 51 villages in Kokernag](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/kokernag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Hard Pora from Anantnag?12 km by road
- What is the population of Hard Pora?2,227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hard Pora in?Anantnag district (Kokernag sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Hard Pora?75.9% (Census 2011)
