Rajpora, also known as Rajpur^{[citation needed]}, is a Village and a tehsil in the Pulwama district in the Kashmir Valley of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located 43 km away from Srinagar and 299 km away from Jammu. Rajpora is situated at 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above the mean sea level.

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Rajpora[citation needed] Rajpur[citation needed]
Tehsil
Pulwama District
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
Division	Kashmir
District	Pulwama
Elevation	1,800 m (5,905 ft)
Population
• Total	5,215[1]
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, Dogri, English[2][3]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics

As per census of 2011 population of Rajpora stands at 5,215, with 2,756 males and 2,459 females.[1] Population of people under the age of 6 in Rajpora is 1,169, which is 22.42% of total population of the village. Average Sex Ratio of Rajpora village is 892 and child Sex Ratio of the Rajpora as per census of 2011 is 729. In 2011, literacy rate of Rajpora was 62% in which male literacy stands at 57.67% while female literacy rate stands at 51.61%.[1]

Villages

1. Abhama 2. Achagoza 3. Bamnoo 4. Drabgam 5. Rohmoo 6. Kalampora 7. Shadimarg 8. Sangarwani 9. Kamrazipora 10. Thokerpora 11. Mirgund 12. Khaigam 13.Rahmoo

Governance

Under the Panchyati Raj Act, Rajpora is administered by the Sarpanch.[1]

Economy

Out of total population only 3,289 people were employed as of 2011 census.[1] Rest of the population is engaged in orchard business. This village has huge dependency on horticulture and other allied sectors like dairy and bread business, a local bread namely Shirmal is world wide famous of this village, exported to other countries like USA ,Australia, UAE ,and other Gulf countries.... ^{[citation needed]}

Education

• Government Degree College, Rajpora
• Govt Model Higher Secondary Rajpora

Castes

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.29% of total population in Rajpora. No Scheduled Caste (SC) live in Rajpora.[1]

References