# Ashkan Pora Village, Handwara, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/handwara/ashkan-pora/ Village · Handwara, Kupwara # Ashkan Pora Ashkan Pora is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193221**. The 2011 Census counted **591 people in 85 households**, the 149th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%. - 591people (2011) - 85households - 61.5%literacy - 193221PIN code ## Ashkan Pora PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Ashkan Pora is 193221.** Ashkan Pora falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. - PIN code193221 - Gram panchayatN.A. - Community development blockRajwar - Census village code000228 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Ashkan Pora from nearby towns? - Handwara (sub-district HQ)13 km by road - Kupwara (district HQ)22 km by road - Handwara (nearest town)13 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 Ashkan Pora? 8 services counted by the Census are inside Ashkan Pora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Handwara - ○Degree college10+ km · Handwara - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Handwara - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river - Electricity (2011)10 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 Ashkan Pora known for? The main crops are **rice, maiza and vegetables**. Products made here include carpet. About 77% of the 73 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 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 Ashkan Pora Of every 100 households in Ashkan Pora in 2011, 50 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Ashkan Pora · ■ Handwara rural average Electricity for lighting ****50%** **87% Toilet within the home ****93%** **54% No toilet (open defecation) ****7%** **36% Tap water ****0%** **50% Drinking water within premises ****4%** **24% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **9% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%** **90% Use banking services ****26%** **59% Television ****20%** **31% Mobile phone ****70%** **65% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****1%** **2% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **3% None of these assets ****0%** **19% 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 Ashkan Pora? ■ Ashkan Pora · ■ Handwara rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%** **63.7% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938** **901 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794** **899 Working population ****22.7%** **26.6% ### Women and men Literacy is 74.4% for men and 48.3% for women. 42% of men and 2% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 28 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (9%) · **■** Other work 31 (23%) · **■** Marginal 63 (47%) 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 Handwara - Chera Pawa636 people - Zaffar Khani613 people - Safal Pora605 people - Budha Bug592 people - Nagrad Nar579 people - Gund Kamal544 people - Kali Pora515 people - Pazwal Pora496 people [All 199 villages in Handwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/handwara/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Ashkan Pora?193221 - How far is Ashkan Pora from Kupwara?22 km by road - What is the population of Ashkan Pora?591 (Census 2011) - Which district is Ashkan Pora in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Ashkan Pora?61.5% (Census 2011)