Shankerpora | |
Native Name: | Shankerpur |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
Coordinates: | 33.7458°N 75.0887°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Anantnag district |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Ha: | 111 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2,486 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[2] [3] |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 192211 |
Shankerpora, also known as Shankerpur, is a village in Anantnag district in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shanker Pora is a large village located in the tehsil Dooru Shahabad of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 295 families residing. The Shanker Pora village has population of 2,486 of which 1,396 are males while 1 090 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Shanker Pora village, population of children with age 0-6 is 506 which makes up 20.35% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shanker Pora village is 781 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Shanker Pora as per census is 538, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.
Shanker Pora village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Shanker Pora village was 59.95% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Shanker Pora Male literacy stands at 65.04% while female literacy rate was 54.00%. Shankerpora is surrounded by Qazigund Tehsil towards west, Achabal Tehsil towards North, Pahloo Tehsil towards North, Banihal Tehsil towards South.