# Zurbaf Pora Village, Bandipora, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Bandipora, Bandipore 

# Zurbaf Pora

Zurbaf Pora is a village in Bandipora sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **3,786 people in 595 households**, the 15th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 3,786people (2011)
- 595households
- 64.4%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Zurbaf Pora PIN code and other codes

Zurbaf Pora falls in Bandipora sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatZurbaf Pora Watapora
- Community development blockBandipora
- Census village code002751

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

## How far is Zurbaf Pora from nearby towns?

- Bandipore (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Bandipore (district HQ)4 km by road
- Bandipora (nearest town)4 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 Zurbaf Pora?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Zurbaf 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 · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bandipore
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bandipore
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Bandipore
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Zurbaf Pora known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 74% of the 133 hectares of village land is sown, and 87 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 Zurbaf Pora

Of every 100 households in Zurbaf Pora in 2011, 95 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Zurbaf Pora · ■ Bandipora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**32%

Tap water ****92%**

**45%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**79%

Use banking services ****91%**

**43%

Television ****48%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**21%

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 Zurbaf Pora?

■ Zurbaf Pora · ■ Bandipora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**921

Working population ****35.2%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 53.5% for women. 44% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (18%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 374 (28%) · **■** Marginal 712 (53%)

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 Bandipora

- Sumlar Shok Baba5,178 people
- Nadihal5,167 people
- Ashtongu4,074 people
- Murad Pora4,021 people
- Garoora3,528 people
- Aragam3,020 people
- Chonti Mula2,823 people
- Kudara2,455 people

[All 42 villages in Bandipora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/bandipora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Zurbaf Pora from Bandipore?4 km by road
- What is the population of Zurbaf Pora?3,786 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Zurbaf Pora in?Bandipore district (Bandipora sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Zurbaf Pora?64.4% (Census 2011)
