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

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Village · Beerwah, Badgam 

# Gori Pora

Gori Pora is a village in Beerwah sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,681 people in 268 households**, the 29th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.4%.

- 1,681people (2011)
- 268households
- 49.5%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Gori Pora PIN code and other codes

Gori Pora falls in Beerwah sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatLalpora
- Community development blockBeerwah
- Census village code000499

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

## How far is Gori Pora from nearby towns?

- Beerwah (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)30 km by road
- Beerwah (nearest town)3 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 Gori Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Beerwah
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Beerwah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Budgam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Gori Pora known for?

The main crops are **rice and oilseeds**. Products made here include sozni work. About 56% of the 282 hectares of village land is sown, and 109 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 Gori Pora

Of every 100 households in Gori Pora in 2011, 96 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gori Pora · ■ Beerwah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**9%

Tap water ****68%**

**69%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**85%

Use banking services ****98%**

**60%

Television ****39%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Gori Pora?

■ Gori Pora · ■ Beerwah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.5%**

**56.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****697**

**741

Working population ****21.0%**

**27.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.2% for men and 40.5% for women. 34% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (21%) · **■** Marginal 271 (77%)

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

- Hardu Mala Pora1,852 people
- Watal Pora Banda Pora1,847 people
- Gamboora1,825 people
- Buna Zanigam1,775 people
- Kanihama1,672 people
- Churu Mujru1,609 people
- Charan Gam1,517 people
- Bonahama1,474 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gori Pora from Budgam?30 km by road
- What is the population of Gori Pora?1,681 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gori Pora in?Badgam district (Beerwah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Gori Pora?49.5% (Census 2011)