# Tarat Pora Village, Handwara, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Tarat Pora

Tarat Pora is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193224**. The 2011 Census counted **1,959 people in 266 households**, the 35th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,959people (2011)
- 266households
- 64.6%literacy
- 193224PIN code

## Tarat Pora PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tarat Pora is 193224.** Tarat Pora falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193224
- Gram panchayatTarat Pora
- Community development blockRamhal
- Census village code000246

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

## How far is Tarat Pora from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)18 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)18 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 Tarat Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kupwara
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kupwara
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Tarat Pora known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and vegetables**. Products made here include carpet. About 81% of the 164 hectares of village land is sown, and 106 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 Tarat Pora

Of every 100 households in Tarat Pora in 2011, 98 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tarat Pora · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**36%

Tap water ****55%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**90%

Use banking services ****70%**

**59%

Television ****51%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**19%

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 Tarat Pora?

■ Tarat Pora · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****728**

**899

Working population ****20.0%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 54.1% for women. 28% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 173 (44%) · **■** Marginal 211 (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 Handwara

- Sarmarg2,003 people
- Ash Pora1,987 people
- Amar Garh1,984 people
- Kachlu Qazi Pora1,984 people
- Chugal1,907 people
- Glura1,907 people
- Darel1,903 people
- Super Negam1,900 people

[All 199 villages in Handwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/handwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tarat Pora?193224
- How far is Tarat Pora from Kupwara?18 km by road
- What is the population of Tarat Pora?1,959 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarat Pora in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Tarat Pora?64.6% (Census 2011)
