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

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Village · Shopian, Shupiyan 

# Pala Pora

Pala Pora is a village in Shopian sub-district of Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **342 people in 65 households**, the 196th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 342people (2011)
- 65households
- 81.1%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Pala Pora PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatGano Pora Arash
- Community development blockShopiyan
- Census village code003462

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

## How far is Pala Pora from nearby towns?

- Shopian (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Shopian (district HQ)4 km by road
- Shopiyan (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 Pala Pora?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shopian
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Shopian
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Shopian
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ 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 wateruntreated tap water 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 Pala Pora known for?

The main crops are **apple**. About 71% of the 62 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 Pala Pora

Of every 100 households in Pala Pora in 2011, 98 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Pala Pora · ■ Shopian rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**83%

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

**59%

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

**36%

Tap water ****100%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****97%**

**44%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**94%

Use banking services ****75%**

**52%

Television ****53%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**8%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Pala Pora?

■ Pala Pora · ■ Shopian rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****579**

**882

Working population ****65.8%**

**32.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 72.5% for women. 62% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 63 (28%) · **■** Other work 15 (7%) · **■** Marginal 147 (65%)

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

- Mazhania368 people
- Rengwar358 people
- Wacho Hallan354 people
- Wadi Pora352 people
- Lari338 people
- Lawahend338 people
- Mali Bagh336 people
- Chowdari Gund317 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Pala Pora from Shopian?4 km by road
- What is the population of Pala Pora?342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pala Pora in?Shupiyan district (Shopian sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Pala Pora?81.1% (Census 2011)