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Turka Pora Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Turka Pora is a medium size village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 171 families residing. The Turka Pora village has population of 1303 of which 682 are males while 621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turka Pora village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 16.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turka Pora village is 911 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Turka Pora as per census is 963, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Turka Pora village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Turka Pora village was 65.42 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Turka Pora Male literacy stands at 75.48 % while female literacy rate was 54.25 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Turka Pora village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Turka Pora village.

Turka Pora Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 171 - -
Population 1,303 682 621
Child (0-6) 210 107 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.42 % 75.48 % 54.25 %
Total Workers 391 287 104
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 194 100 94

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Turka Pora village of Kupwara district.

Work Profile

In Turka Pora village out of total population, 391 were engaged in work activities. 50.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 391 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.