# Choti Pora Village, Shopian, Shupiyan (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Shopian, Shupiyan 

# Choti Pora

Choti Pora is a village in Shopian sub-district of Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **490 people in 64 households**, the 165th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 490people (2011)
- 64households
- 67.5%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Choti Pora PIN code and other codes

Choti Pora falls in Shopian sub-district, Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatChoti Pora
- Community development blockShopiyan
- Census village code003412

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

## How far is Choti Pora from nearby towns?

- Shopian (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Shopian (district HQ)15 km by road
- Shopiyan (nearest town)15 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 Choti Pora?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Choti 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Sarar
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Shopian
- ○Degree college10+ km · Shopian
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shopian
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Choti Pora known for?

Products made here include carpet. About 63% of the 60 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Choti Pora

Of every 100 households in Choti Pora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 98 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 15 a car.

■ Choti Pora · ■ Shopian rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**36%

Tap water ****94%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****63%**

**52%

Television ****95%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****98%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****15%**

**8%

None of these assets ****1%**

**9%

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 Choti Pora?

■ Choti Pora · ■ Shopian rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**882

Working population ****42.7%**

**32.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 57.1% for women. 40% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 197 (94%) · **■** Other work 12 (6%)

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 Shopian

- Bandah Paho507 people
- Badi Gam506 people
- Tachalo506 people
- Panzer494 people
- Drawni490 people
- Partap Pora490 people
- Rakhi Nara Pora486 people
- Chedran482 people

[All 229 villages in Shopian](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/shupiyan/shopian/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Choti Pora from Shopian?15 km by road
- What is the population of Choti Pora?490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Choti Pora in?Shupiyan district (Shopian sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Choti Pora?67.5% (Census 2011)