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

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Wadi Pora

Wadi Pora is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193221**. The 2011 Census counted **1,437 people in 217 households**, the 62nd largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,437people (2011)
- 217households
- 65.6%literacy
- 193221PIN code

## Wadi Pora PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Wadi Pora is 193221.** Wadi Pora falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193221
- Gram panchayatWadi Pora
- Community development blockRajwar
- Census village code000223

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

## How far is Wadi Pora from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)26 km by road
- Handwara (nearest town)4 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 Wadi Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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 schoolunder 5 km · Handwara
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Handwara
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Handwaraq
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 4 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 Wadi Pora known for?

The main crops are **maiza and fruits**. Products made here include carpet. About 85% of the 132 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Wadi Pora

Of every 100 households in Wadi Pora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Wadi Pora · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**36%

Tap water ****95%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****95%**

**59%

Television ****56%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Wadi Pora?

■ Wadi Pora · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**899

Working population ****40.6%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 52.6% for women. 50% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 172 (29%) · **■** Marginal 346 (59%)

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

- Udi Pora1,484 people
- Tulwari1,480 people
- Dudi Pora1,478 people
- Kawa Wari1,447 people
- Kinal1,427 people
- Bader Heer1,384 people
- Siraj Pora1,378 people
- Shihil Hal1,376 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Wadi Pora?193221
- How far is Wadi Pora from Kupwara?26 km by road
- What is the population of Wadi Pora?1,437 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wadi Pora in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Wadi Pora?65.6% (Census 2011)
