Iskander Pora, Jammu and Kashmir

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{{Short description|Village in Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{Refimprove|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Iskander Pora
| official_name =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| nickname = Iskander Pur
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| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt = Iskander Pora map
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| coordinates = {{coord|34|1|37|N|74|34|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="alt1"/>
| subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Budgam district|Budgam]]
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="CENSUS">Official Census 2012 [http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=912743&category=VILLAGE Census of India: View Population Details]</ref>
| population_total = 2482
| population_note =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
| timezone = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5:30
| timezone_DST =
| elevation_m = 1748
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 193411
| area_code = +91-1954-xxxxxx
| website =
| footnotes =
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'''Iskander Pora''' is a village in the [[Budgam district|district Budgam]], [[tehsil]] [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]] in the [[India]]n administered [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is located about {{cvt|29|km}} west of the district headquarters, [[Budgam district|Budgam]], and about {{cvt|34|km}} west of union territory capital [[Srinagar]].

==Demographics==
In the 2011 [[census]] Iskander Pora had a population of 2,484,<ref name="CENSUS"/> 1,314 males and 1168 females. The village had a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 889 females for every 1,000 males.

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{{bar percent|[[Male]] ♂|black|52.94}}
{{bar percent|[[Female]] ♀|red|47.06}}
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==Geography==
Iskander Pora is located at {{Coord|34.0264|N|74.5694|E}}.<ref name="alt1">[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Isgandarpur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{cvt|1748|m}}. 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|Srinagar city]] via [[Magam]] town and [[Budgam district]] headquarters, [[Budgam]], via [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]] town. It is {{cvt|10|km}} away from Magam and {{cvt|2.5|km}} away from Beerwah. It is also connected to tehsil Khag via Malpora which is also {{cvt|10|km}} distant.

[[Mazhom|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, run and managed by Educational Trust Kashmir (ETK)

===Religious education===
[[Religious belief|Religious]] education is imparted in local [[Maktab (education)|maktab]]s. These impart education on a part-time basis to the children.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
•Maktabs names

1. Maktab-e-Islamia Iskander pora Run by Al-Abbas Relief trust jk.
•Head Of Maktab Aga Syed Arshid Hussain Razvi.

2.Babul ilm Run by hauziya Babul Ilm budgam Head Of Maktab Aga Syed Hassan al- mosvi.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kashmir Valley}}
{{Jammu and Kashmir topics}}
{{State and Union Territory capitals of India}}

[[Category:Budgam district]]
[[Category:Villages in Budgam district]]

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