# Watal Pora Banda Pora Village, Beerwah – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Beerwah, Badgam 

# Watal Pora Banda Pora

Watal Pora Banda Pora is a village in Beerwah sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,847 people in 170 households**, the 26th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.4%.

- 1,847people (2011)
- 170households
- 47.2%literacy
- 661females per 1,000 males

## Watal Pora Banda Pora PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBandgam
- Community development blockNarbal
- Census village code000439

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

## How far is Watal Pora Banda Pora from nearby towns?

- Beerwah (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)21 km by road
- Magam (nearest town)7 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 Watal Pora Banda Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Magam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srinagar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 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)6 h summer · 3 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 Watal Pora Banda Pora known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. Products made here include sozni, embroidery and carpet. About 76% of the 78 hectares of village land is sown, and 53 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 Watal Pora Banda Pora

Of every 100 households in Watal Pora Banda Pora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Watal Pora Banda Pora · ■ Beerwah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**9%

Tap water ****7%**

**69%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****60%**

**60%

Television ****45%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Watal Pora Banda Pora?

■ Watal Pora Banda Pora · ■ Beerwah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.2%**

**56.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****661**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****398**

**741

Working population ****25.8%**

**27.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.5% for men and 37.9% for women. 28% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 108 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 188 (39%) · **■** Other work 65 (14%) · **■** Marginal 113 (24%)

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

- Miri Pora1,998 people
- Otilgam1,919 people
- Gagar Pora1,879 people
- Hardu Mala Pora1,852 people
- Gamboora1,825 people
- Buna Zanigam1,775 people
- Gori Pora1,681 people
- Kanihama1,672 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Watal Pora Banda Pora from Budgam?21 km by road
- What is the population of Watal Pora Banda Pora?1,847 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Watal Pora Banda Pora in?Badgam district (Beerwah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Watal Pora Banda Pora?47.2% (Census 2011)
