# Chera Pora Village, Shangus, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Shangus, Anantnag 

# Chera Pora

Chera Pora is a village in Shangus sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **192201**. The 2011 Census counted **2,754 people in 440 households**, the 9th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 2,754people (2011)
- 440households
- 62.2%literacy
- 192201PIN code

## Chera Pora PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chera Pora is 192201.** Chera Pora falls in Shangus sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code192201
- Gram panchayatChair Pora
- Community development blockShangus
- Census village code003753

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

## How far is Chera Pora from nearby towns?

- Shangus (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)18 km by road
- Shangus (nearest town)8 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 Chera Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Utrasu
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Utrasu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 10 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 Chera Pora known for?

Products made here include carpet, namda and gabba. About 76% of the 159 hectares of village land is sown, and 69 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 Chera Pora

Of every 100 households in Chera Pora in 2011, 84 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chera Pora · ■ Shangus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**39%

Tap water ****22%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**33%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****66%**

**71%

Television ****18%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**22%

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 Chera Pora?

■ Chera Pora · ■ Shangus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**791

Working population ****38.7%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 52.4% for women. 41% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (9%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 156 (15%) · **■** Marginal 754 (71%)

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 Shangus

- Kot Hair3,593 people
- Reni Pora3,509 people
- Datho Nag Narin3,427 people
- Brah2,966 people
- Aho Paisan2,721 people
- Rakhi Brah2,499 people
- Sheikh Pora2,253 people
- Chogam2,206 people

[All 25 villages in Shangus](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/shangus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chera Pora?192201
- How far is Chera Pora from Anantnag?18 km by road
- What is the population of Chera Pora?2,754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chera Pora in?Anantnag district (Shangus sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Chera Pora?62.2% (Census 2011)