Iskander Pora, Jammu and Kashmir

Iskander Pora
Rural Area
Nickname:  Iskander Pur
Iskander Pora Location in Jammu and Kashmir Iskander Pora Iskander Pora (India)
Coordinates: 34°1′37″N 74°34′10″E
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Budgam
Government
• Sarpanch	Mashooq Ahmad
• Numberdar	Ghulam Hussain Beigh
• Village Guard	Ghulam Qadir Ganie
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 is a village in district Budgam, tehsil Beerwah of Jammu and Kashmir State. It 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, 1314 males and 1168 femaes. The village 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). It is situated at plateau like land mass, it is surrounded by karewas on south, west and north with its east surrounded by plains.

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

Mazhom Railway Station is the nearby railway stations to Magam for a person arriving from north or south.

Education

Schools

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

Religious Education

Religious education is imparted in local maktabs. These impart education on a part-time basis to the children.