# Feroz Pora Village, Rafiabad, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Rafiabad, Baramula 

# Feroz Pora

Feroz Pora is a village in Rafiabad sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,288 people in 175 households**, the 21st largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,288people (2011)
- 175households
- 60.0%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Feroz Pora PIN code and other codes

Feroz Pora falls in Rafiabad sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatP/Hq Saripara
- Community development blockRohama
- Census village code002306

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

## How far is Feroz Pora from nearby towns?

- Rafiabad (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)14 km by road
- Rafiabad (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 Feroz Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public 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 school10+ km · Baramulla
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baramulla
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Baramulla
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 5 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 Feroz Pora known for?

The main crops are **apple**. Products made here include carpet. About 98% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Feroz Pora

Of every 100 households in Feroz Pora in 2011, 99 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 96 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Feroz Pora · ■ Rafiabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**24%

Tap water ****98%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**85%

Use banking services ****81%**

**74%

Television ****64%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****96%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**6%

None of these assets ****0%**

**13%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Feroz Pora?

■ Feroz Pora · ■ Rafiabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**914

Working population ****48.7%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 51.0% for women. 64% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (8%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 88 (14%) · **■** Marginal 384 (61%)

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 Rafiabad

- Brana Dab1,663 people
- Mala Guni Pora1,339 people
- Nakhi Pora Bata Pora1,308 people
- Patusa1,305 people
- Yar Bug1,251 people
- Vedipora Lurhama1,227 people
- Laisar1,218 people
- Syal Kot1,198 people

[All 77 villages in Rafiabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/rafiabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Feroz Pora from Baramulla?14 km by road
- What is the population of Feroz Pora?1,288 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Feroz Pora in?Baramula district (Rafiabad sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Feroz Pora?60.0% (Census 2011)
