# Khan Pora Village, Lar, Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Lar, Ganderbal 

# Khan Pora

Khan Pora is a village in Lar sub-district of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **401 people in 67 households**, the 36th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.1%.

- 401people (2011)
- 67households
- 53.3%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Khan Pora PIN code and other codes

Khan Pora falls in Lar sub-district, Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatGuzhama
- Community development blockWakura
- Census village code002872

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

## How far is Khan Pora from nearby towns?

- Lar (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Gaderbal (district HQ)11 km by road
- Ganderbal (nearest town)17 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 Khan Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gaaderbal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaderbal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 8 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 Khan Pora known for?

Products made here include carpets. About 69% of the 67 hectares of village land is sown, and 39 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 Khan Pora

Of every 100 households in Khan Pora in 2011, 97 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 74 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khan Pora · ■ Lar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**85%

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

**13%

Tap water ****93%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**71%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****74%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****14%**

**66%

Use banking services ****62%**

**69%

Television ****74%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Khan Pora?

■ Khan Pora · ■ Lar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**61.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**854

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**879

Working population ****47.4%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 38.5% for women. 45% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 22 (12%) · **■** Other work 17 (9%) · **■** Marginal 106 (56%)

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 Lar

- Khar Bagh589 people
- Chashma Manasbal560 people
- Nawab Bag543 people
- Wond Hama520 people
- Gamwara349 people
- Latiwaza340 people
- Bagh Zaman Ganai161 people
- Zari Gund143 people

[All 42 villages in Lar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ganderbal/lar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Khan Pora from Gaderbal?11 km by road
- What is the population of Khan Pora?401 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khan Pora in?Ganderbal district (Lar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Khan Pora?53.3% (Census 2011)