Iskander Pora, Jammu and Kashmir

Iskander Pora, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Rural Area
Iskander Pora, Jammu and Kashmir, India اسکندر پورہ इस्कंदर पुरा
Nickname:  Iskander Pur
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Budgam
Elevation	1,748 m (5,735 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,482
Languages
• Official	English and Urdu
• Spoken	Kashmiri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	193411
Area code	+91-1954-xxxxxx

Iskander Pora (Template:Lang-ur, Template:Lang-ks, Template:Lang-hi), Jammu and Kashmir is a village in district Budgam, tehsil Beerwah of Jammu and Kashmir State.
Iskander pora is located about 29 km towards West from district headquarters Budgam and about 34 km towards West from State capital Sinagar.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Iskander Pora has a population of 2484. Males are 1314 while females are 1168. Village Iskander Pora has a sex ratio of 889 females for every 1000 males.

Demography
			Percent
Male ♂			52.94%
Female ♀			47.06%
Male and female population

Religions
Religion			Percent
Shia Muslims			95%
Sunni Muslims			05%
Distribution of population on religion.

Geography

Iskander Pora is located at 34.0264°N 74.5694°E / 34.0264; 74.5694. It has an average elevation of 1748 metres (5735 ft).

Education

Schools

• Government Middle School, Iskander Pora (Est.1962)
• Imamia Public School, Iskander Pora

Higher Education

(None)

How To Reach

Road

Iskander Pora is connected with the Srinagar city via Magam town and Budgam district headquarters via Beerwah town. Iskander Pora is 10 km away from Magam and is only 2.5 km away from Beerwah. It is also connected to tehsil Khag via Malpora which also 10 km far.

Rail

Mazhom Railway Station is the nearby railway stations to Magam for a person arriving from North or South, so the only nearest railway station to Iskander Pora is Mazhom Railway Station.

External links

• www.onefivenine.com/india/Badgam/Iskanderpora
• On Google Map
• On MapsofIndia.com

Contributed By

• Barket Ali

email: barketali@mail.com