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

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Village · Rafiabad, Baramula 

# Sheka Pora

Sheka Pora is a village in Rafiabad sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193303**. The 2011 Census counted **316 people in 46 households**, the 58th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 316people (2011)
- 46households
- 69.1%literacy
- 193303PIN code

## Sheka Pora PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sheka Pora is 193303.** Sheka Pora falls in Rafiabad sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193303
- Gram panchayatP/Hq Sheikhpora
- Community development blockRafiabad
- Census village code002281

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

## How far is Sheka Pora from nearby towns?

- Rafiabad (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)30 km by road
- Watergam (nearest town)10 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 Sheka Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary 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 school5–10 km · Dangiwacha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sopore
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sopore
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 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 Sheka Pora known for?

The main crops are **apple**. About 66% of the 61 hectares of village land is sown, and 32 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 Sheka Pora

Of every 100 households in Sheka Pora in 2011, 86 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sheka Pora · ■ Rafiabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**24%

Tap water ****98%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****89%**

**74%

Television ****25%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**6%

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

**13%

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 Sheka Pora?

■ Sheka Pora · ■ Rafiabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****861**

**914

Working population ****37.0%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 56.0% for women. 44% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 33 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 18 (15%) · **■** Marginal 63 (54%)

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

- Shoga Pora351 people
- Hamam330 people
- Dalri319 people
- Kitar Daji318 people
- Dazna312 people
- Dugri Pora262 people
- Chrali Gund261 people
- Hachivi Pora258 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sheka Pora?193303
- How far is Sheka Pora from Baramulla?30 km by road
- What is the population of Sheka Pora?316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sheka Pora in?Baramula district (Rafiabad sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Sheka Pora?69.1% (Census 2011)
