# Malik Pora Village, Sonawari, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Sonawari, Bandipore 

# Malik Pora

Malik Pora is a village in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **703 people in 95 households**, the 40th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.4%.

- 703people (2011)
- 95households
- 39.0%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Malik Pora PIN code and other codes

Malik Pora falls in Sonawari sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatTirgam
- Community development blockHajan
- Census village code002811

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

## How far is Malik Pora from nearby towns?

- Sonawari (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ)45 km by road
- Sumbal (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 Malik Pora?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Malik 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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sumbal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sumbal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated 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 Malik Pora known for?

Products made here include carpet. About 80% of the 31 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Malik Pora

Of every 100 households in Malik Pora in 2011, 99 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Malik Pora · ■ Sonawari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**20%

Tap water ****91%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**28%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****43%**

**43%

Television ****56%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****4%**

**14%

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 Malik Pora?

■ Malik Pora · ■ Sonawari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.0%**

**45.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**856

Working population ****58.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.8% for men and 26.3% for women. 53% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (14%) · **■** Household industry 153 (38%) · **■** Other work 24 (6%) · **■** Marginal 174 (43%)

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 Sonawari

- Kani Pora1,094 people
- Siri Hari Gund Ghat1,082 people
- Gundi Jahangir Ghat937 people
- Zani Pora782 people
- Watal Hanji670 people
- Tanga Pora585 people
- Gundi Balakh584 people
- Chander Gair Ghat365 people

[All 52 villages in Sonawari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/sonawari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Malik Pora from Bandipora?45 km by road
- What is the population of Malik Pora?703 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malik Pora in?Bandipore district (Sonawari sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Malik Pora?39.0% (Census 2011)