Village · Rafiabad, Baramula # Now Pora Hamal Now Pora Hamal is a village in Rafiabad sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted 114 people in 22 households, the 73rd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%. - 114 people (2011) - 22 households - 70.3% literacy - 1,000 females per 1,000 males ## Now Pora Hamal PIN code and other codes Now Pora Hamal falls in Rafiabad sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. - Gram panchayat P/Hq Panzal Pora - Community development block Rafiabad - Census village code 002269 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Now Pora Hamal from nearby towns? - Rafaibad (sub-district HQ) 23 km by road - Baramulla (district HQ) 31 km by road - Watergam (nearest town) 17 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Now Pora Hamal? 6 services counted by the Census are inside Now Pora Hamal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Sub post office In village - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Ration (PDS) shop In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Dangiwacha - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sopore - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Sopore - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Dispensary 10+ km - ○ Post office 10+ km - ○ Public bus service under 5 km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank 10+ km - ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water treated tap water, untreated tap water and canal / river - Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 4 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Now Pora Hamal known for? The main crops are apple. About 77% of the 47 hectares of village land is sown, and 23 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Now Pora Hamal Of every 100 households in Now Pora Hamal in 2011, 100 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Now Pora Hamal · ■ Rafiabad rural average - Electricity for lighting 100% 96% - Toilet within the home 46% 72% - No toilet (open defecation) 54% 24% - Tap water 14% 72% - Drinking water within premises 14% 45% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 13% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 85% - Use banking services 73% 74% - Television 23% 50% - Mobile phone 41% 71% - Computer with internet 0% 1% - Two-wheeler 0% 5% - Car / jeep / van 0% 6% - None of these assets 9% 13% - Own their home 100% 99% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Now Pora Hamal? ■ Now Pora Hamal · ■ Rafiabad rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 70.3% 63.7% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1000 955 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 625 914 - Working population 47.4% 39.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 85.7% for men and 55.8% for women. 63% of men and 32% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 3 (6%) · ■ Farm labourers 7 (13%) · ■ Other work 6 (11%) · ■ Marginal 38 (70%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Rafiabad - Ahanger Pora 191 people - Sangram Pora 177 people - Magray Pora Bala 157 people - Satrina 135 people - Chipdeji 110 people - Forest Block 102 people - Mandinu Hachinar 42 people - Gali Bal 34 people All 77 villages in Rafiabad ## Quick answers - How far is Now Pora Hamal from Baramulla? 31 km by road - What is the population of Now Pora Hamal? 114 (Census 2011) - Which district is Now Pora Hamal in? Baramula district (Rafiabad sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Now Pora Hamal? 70.3% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/rafiabad/now-pora-hamal/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.