Hirpora

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hirpora

| image_skyline = Hirpora WLS Shopian Kashmir.jpg

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| image_caption = Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary in Hirpora, Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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| nickname = Heerpora

| settlement_type = Village

| coordinates = {{coord|33.68|N|74.77|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Jammu and Kashmir

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Shopian

| established_title = Settled

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| unit_pref = Metric

| area_rank =

| area_total_km2 = 8.9

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| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy

| blank2_info_sec1 = 48.84%

| blank3_name_sec1 = Distance from Shopian town

| blank3_info_sec1 = {{convert|12|km|mi}}

| blank3_name_sec2 = Distance from Srinagar city

| blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|64|km|mi}}

| population_as_of = 2011

| population = 1446 householders

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English{{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}}{{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=23 September 2020 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN Code

| postal_code = 192303

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| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Hirpora (or Heerpora) is a village, near Shopian town in the Shopian district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the second largest village in the district, after Devepora.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} It is situated on the Mughal Road,{{cite web |url=http://shopian.nic.in/ |title=HISTORY |website=shopian.nic.in |publisher=Shopian district}} {{cvt|12|km}} west of Shopian town, which is its district headquarters; and {{cvt|64|km}} from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, via the Srinagar-Pulwama Road. To the west of Hirpora is the Peer Ki Gali mountain pass over the Pir Panjal Range.

Most of Hirpora's area is occupied by thick forests. The Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary was established between 1987 and 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319502344 |title=Effect of Mughal Road on Land Use of Catchment Area of Rambiara Nallah (Shopian) Jammu and Kashmir, India |website=researchgate.net }}{{cite web |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/front-page/25-40-orchards-damaged-in-southern-districts-officials/302095.html |title=25-40% orchards damaged in southern districts: officials |website=greaterkashmir.com |publisher=Greater Kashmir}} The spiral-horned Markhor goat is a notable part of this wildlife.{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/kashmirs-markhor-goat-in-peril/article3409924.ece |title=Kashmir's Markhor goat in peril |website=thehindu.com |publisher=The Hindu |date=12 May 2012}}