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

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Village · Sonawari, Bandipore 

# Tanga Pora

Tanga Pora is a village in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **585 people in 92 households**, the 42nd largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 29.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.4%.

- 585people (2011)
- 92households
- 29.6%literacy
- 1,127females per 1,000 males

## Tanga Pora PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatNaid Khi B
- Community development blockHajan
- Census village code002790

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

## How far is Tanga Pora from nearby towns?

- Sonawari (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ)38 km by road
- Hajin (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 Tanga Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Naidkhan
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Naidkhan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bandipora
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Hajin
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 12 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 Tanga Pora known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 56% of the 25 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 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 Tanga Pora

Of every 100 households in Tanga Pora in 2011, 65 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tanga Pora · ■ Sonawari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**62%

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

**28%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****22%**

**43%

Television ****26%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****51%**

**14%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Tanga Pora?

■ Tanga Pora · ■ Sonawari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****29.6%**

**45.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1127**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**856

Working population ****24.3%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.0% for men and 20.0% for women. 51% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Household industry 12 (8%) · **■** Other work 35 (25%) · **■** Marginal 82 (58%)

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

- Gundi Jahangir Ghat937 people
- Zani Pora782 people
- Malik Pora703 people
- Watal Hanji670 people
- Gundi Balakh584 people
- Chander Gair Ghat365 people
- Shilvat Ghat346 people
- Gund Ramzan290 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tanga Pora from Bandipora?38 km by road
- What is the population of Tanga Pora?585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tanga Pora in?Bandipore district (Sonawari sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Tanga Pora?29.6% (Census 2011)