# Bara Pora Village, Pulwama, Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Pulwama, Pulwama 

# Bara Pora

Bara Pora is a village in Pulwama sub-district of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **641 people in 95 households**, the 137th largest of 187 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 641people (2011)
- 95households
- 70.4%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Bara Pora PIN code and other codes

Bara Pora falls in Pulwama sub-district, Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatKarimabad
- Community development blockKakapora
- Census village code003169

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

## How far is Bara Pora from nearby towns?

- Pulwama (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Pulwama (district HQ)2 km by road
- Pulwama (nearest town)2 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 Bara Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Pulwama
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pulwama
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Puliwama
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Pulwama
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Bara Pora known for?

About 61% of the 55 hectares of village land is sown, and 32 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 Bara Pora

Of every 100 households in Bara Pora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bara Pora · ■ Pulwama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**89%

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

**68%

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

**29%

Tap water ****100%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**86%

Use banking services ****61%**

**60%

Television ****71%**

**56%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**79%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**7%

None of these assets ****8%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bara Pora?

■ Bara Pora · ■ Pulwama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****468**

**793

Working population ****27.8%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 63.5% for women. 49% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 45 (25%) · **■** Marginal 133 (75%)

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 Pulwama

- Ashamandar667 people
- Gala Bug658 people
- Chundh Pora656 people
- Lasi Pora649 people
- Malawari627 people
- Batnoor Showara621 people
- Rakh Chindran612 people
- Naw Pora Nagam607 people

[All 191 villages in Pulwama](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/pulwama/pulwama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bara Pora from Pulwama?2 km by road
- What is the population of Bara Pora?641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Pora in?Pulwama district (Pulwama sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Pora?70.4% (Census 2011)