Awantipora
Awantipora is a town in Pulwama district of Jammu & Kashmir and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Tehsil and Block Development Council of Pulwama district.
As on May 2024, the current population of Awantipora is 14.1 thousands out of which 10 thousands are males and rest 4.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 408 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.9 thousands teenagers in Awantipora. It has literacy rate of 69% which means around 9.8 thousands persons can read and write. Total 83 people belonging to scheduled caste and 22 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 1.2 thousands households in Awantipora, which means every family has 12 members on average. The town has working population of 7.6 thousands.
Schools
Awantipora has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Hajahad Public School
- Mantaqi Memorial Public School
- Higher Secondary School Noorpora
- Umer Memorial Instt.
- Modern Public School Dadsara
Awantipora Block Development Council
Awantipora Block Development Council consists of total 19 Halqa Panchayat.
- Lethpora-A bagi nishat
- Lethpora-B Reshi Ismail
- Rajpora
- Barsoo
- Panzgam
- Malangpora
- Tokna I (Gullzar)
- Tokna I I (Beg )
- Tokna III
- Reshipora
- Dogripora
- Gooripora
- Padgampora
- Harri - I
- Chersoo - I
- Kachach Koot
- Larkipora
- Hariparigam-II
- Chersoo - II
Other villages in Awantipora Tehsil
Awantipora Tehsil has total 13 villages which are currently not mapped to any Halqa Panchayat.