# Shamis Pora Village, Karnah, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Karnah, Kupwara 

# Shamis Pora

Shamis Pora is a village in Karnah sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **435 people in 83 households**, the 30th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 435people (2011)
- 83households
- 49.9%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Shamis Pora PIN code and other codes

Shamis Pora falls in Karnah sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatNichian
- Community development blockTanghdar
- Census village code000340

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

## How far is Shamis Pora from nearby towns?

- Karnah (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)67 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)67 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 Shamis Pora?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Shamis 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
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kandi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kupwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kupwara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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 and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 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 Shamis Pora known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and vegetables**. Products made here include carpet. About 46% of the 72 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Shamis Pora

Of every 100 households in Shamis Pora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shamis Pora · ■ Karnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**63%

Tap water ****99%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**76%

Use banking services ****26%**

**43%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**88%

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 Shamis Pora?

■ Shamis Pora · ■ Karnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**807

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1529**

**901

Working population ****29.2%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.7% for men and 43.4% for women. 43% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 30 (24%) · **■** Marginal 97 (76%)

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 Karnah

- Tarban Seemari556 people
- Dragar517 people
- Pingla Haridal516 people
- Gundi Sayedan482 people
- Badwan432 people
- Tarbuni406 people
- Jabri347 people
- Karhama313 people

[All 41 villages in Karnah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/karnah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shamis Pora from Kupwara?67 km by road
- What is the population of Shamis Pora?435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamis Pora in?Kupwara district (Karnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Shamis Pora?49.9% (Census 2011)