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

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Village · Pulwama, Pulwama 

# Kalam Pora

Kalam Pora is a village in Pulwama sub-district of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **192302**. The 2011 Census counted **2,606 people in 365 households**, the 26th largest of 187 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 2,606people (2011)
- 365households
- 58.6%literacy
- 192302PIN code

## Kalam Pora PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalam Pora is 192302.** Kalam Pora falls in Pulwama sub-district, Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code192302
- Gram panchayatQasba Yar
- Community development blockKeller
- Census village code003247

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

## How far is Kalam Pora from nearby towns?

- Pulwama (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Pulwama (district HQ)12 km by road
- Pulwama (nearest town)12 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 Kalam Pora?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Pulwama
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pulwama
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pulwama
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 10 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 Kalam Pora known for?

Products made here include carpets. About 72% of the 226 hectares of village land is sown, and 140 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 Kalam Pora

Of every 100 households in Kalam Pora in 2011, 98 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Kalam Pora · ■ Pulwama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**29%

Tap water ****99%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**86%

Use banking services ****68%**

**60%

Television ****67%**

**56%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**79%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**7%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Kalam Pora?

■ Kalam Pora · ■ Pulwama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.6%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**793

Working population ****20.3%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 47.2% for women. 36% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 166 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (17%) · **■** Household industry 24 (5%) · **■** Other work 207 (39%) · **■** Marginal 44 (8%)

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

- Abhama2,856 people
- Lajora2,823 people
- Niwah2,810 people
- Gangoo2,675 people
- Gusu2,560 people
- Nihama2,438 people
- Gadora2,391 people
- Cheki Dewan Badri Nath2,352 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalam Pora?192302
- How far is Kalam Pora from Pulwama?12 km by road
- What is the population of Kalam Pora?2,606 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalam Pora in?Pulwama district (Pulwama sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kalam Pora?58.6% (Census 2011)
