# Gam Pora Village, Beerwah, Badgam (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Beerwah, Badgam 

# Gam Pora

Gam Pora is a village in Beerwah sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193411**. The 2011 Census counted **946 people in 95 households**, the 59th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.4%.

- 946people (2011)
- 95households
- 49.1%literacy
- 193411PIN code

## Gam Pora PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gam Pora is 193411.** Gam Pora falls in Beerwah sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193411
- Gram panchayatOtilgam
- Community development blockBeerwah
- Census village code000473

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

## How far is Gam Pora from nearby towns?

- Beerwah (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)16 km by road
- Beerwah (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 Gam Pora?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Gam Pora; 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 · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Beerwah
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Beerwah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Budgam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- 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 Gam Pora known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include sozni, embriodery and carpet. About 52% of the 48 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Gam Pora

Of every 100 households in Gam Pora in 2011, 50 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Gam Pora · ■ Beerwah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**88%

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

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**69%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**85%

Use banking services ****26%**

**60%

Television ****57%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****18%**

**8%

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 Gam Pora?

■ Gam Pora · ■ Beerwah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.1%**

**56.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**741

Working population ****25.9%**

**27.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.9% for men and 37.9% for women. 31% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 44 (18%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 160 (65%)

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 Beerwah

- Path Zani Gam975 people
- Rani Pora973 people
- Wata Magam973 people
- Otter Pora962 people
- Nijlu873 people
- Poonch Gund816 people
- Wani Hama771 people
- Narsing Pora742 people

[All 104 villages in Beerwah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/badgam/beerwah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gam Pora?193411
- How far is Gam Pora from Budgam?16 km by road
- What is the population of Gam Pora?946 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gam Pora in?Badgam district (Beerwah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Gam Pora?49.1% (Census 2011)
