Budgam Budgam (), known as Badgom (; ) in Kashmiri language, Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area ...

district is a district in the Indian-administered union territory of

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

. Created in 1979 with its headquarters at

, it is the district with the largest population of Shias in the

Kashmir valley The Kashmir Valley, also known as the ''Vale of Kashmir'', is an intermontane valley concentrated in the Kashmir Division of the Indian- union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The valley is bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and ...

Administration

Budgam district is the closest district to the union territory capital

Srinagar Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natu ...

(11 km). Budgam district came into existence in 1979, prior to which it was part of Srinagar district. In former times, Budgam was a part of Baramulla district, when Srinagar itself was a constituent of the Anantnag district. It was then known as tehsil Sri Pratap. Historical records suggests that Budgam was also referred to as Pargana Deesu. According to the well-known chronicler Khawaja Azam Demari, the area was also known as Deedmarbag. Budgam district borders the districts of Baramullah and Srinagar in the north, Pulwama in the south and Poonch in the south west. In 2008, Budgam district consisted of eight blocks. Currently, the district consists of seventeen blocks: Beerwah,

, B.K.Pora,

Chadoora Chadoora ( کٲشُر: ژوڈُر) is a town and a Municipal committee in Budgam district Budgam district is a district in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Created in 1979 with its headquarters at Budgam, it ...

Charari Sharief Charar-i-Sharief (variously spelled Chrar-e-Sharif, Charari Shareef, etc.) (, known as Tsrar-i-Sharif () in Kashmiri, is a town and a notified area committee in Budgam district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The to ...

, Khag, Khansahib,

Nagam Naagam or Nagam may refer to: * Nagam, Jammu and Kashmir, India, a town and municipality * ''Naagam'' (1985 film), a Tamil-language film directed by Chozha Rajan * ''Naagam'' (1991 film), a Malayalam-language film directed by KS Gopalakrishnan * ...

Narbal Narbal is a tehsil in central Kashmir's Beerwah sub-district. It is also a block in Budgam district in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is away from sub-district headquarter Beerwah and away from Srinagar, ...

, Pakherpora, Parnewa,

Rathsoon Rathsun or Rathsoon is a village and block located in the Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district. It is situated at the base of the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas. It falls under the administrative division of tehsil Beerwah one of the nine te ...

, Soibugh, Sukhnag, Surasyar, S.K.Pora and Waterhail. Each block consists of a number of panchayats. The district is subdivided into the nine tehsils of

Tehsil, Magam tehsil, Beerwah Tehsil, Budgam Tehsil,

Tehsil, Khansahib Tehsil, Khag Tehsil, BK Pora Tehsil and

Tehsil.

Other details

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Budgam district has a population of 735,753 roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of Alaska, making it 494th in India (out of a total of

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). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.14%. Badgam has a sex ratio of 883 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 56.08% (males 66.30%, females 44.85%), an increase from 42.20% (males 53.13%, females 30.29%) in 2001. Literacy is higher in urban areas (average 68.87%, male 79.46%, female 55.38%) than in rural areas (average 54.01%, male 64.00%, female 43.29%). At the time of the

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, 94.78% of the population in the district spoke

Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to: * People or things related to the Kashmir Valley or the broader region of Kashmir * Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley * Kashmiri language, their language People with the name * Kashmiri Saikia Baruah ...

and 3.01% Gojri as their first language. Shias form 20% of Budgam district's population; almost 90% of the urban population of the district are Shia, whilst the majority of the rural population of the district are

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Education

There are 590 schools in Budgam, both

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and public, 33 of which are Higher Secondary Schools. There are Government Degree Colleges at; There are 590 schools in Budgam, both

and public, 33 of which are Higher Secondary Schools.↵There are 6 Government Degree Colleges at; # Government Degree College Beerwah # Government Degree College Khansahib # Government Degree College Magam # Sheikh ul Aalam Memorial Degree College Budgam # Model Degree College Chrar e Sharif # Government Degree College chadoora.

Railways

Budgam district has three railway stations:

, Nadigam and

Mazhom Mazhom (also known as Mazhama) a village located in Budgam district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It has a railway station Mazhom railway station, which along with being in proximity (3 km) with Magam, the biggest financia ...

, which are all on the

Jammu–Baramulla line The Jammu–Baramulla line is a railway track being laid to connect the Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Jammu railway station and thence to the rest of the country. The 356 km railway track will star ...

Budgam railway station Budgam railway station (also spelled Badgam) is a station on Northern Railway Network of Indian Railways. This station is the headquarter of Jammu–Baramulla line network. It is located in Ompora, a town in Budgam district nearly from main ...

is located in

Ompora Ompora, locally known as "''Wompur''", is a municipality area of district Budgam. It is from the city centre, Lal Chowk. It is located on the Srinagar-Budgam road, roughly from Airport road. It is one of the highly populated area of Budgam m ...

town nearly from Budgam's district headquarters and from

's city centre, Lalchowk. It is the biggest railway station in Kashmir division. This railway station has the administrative head controlling the rail service in the Kashmir valley.

Health care

mainly rely on the Hospitals of Capital City Of

But Contain One

District Hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically ...

In Budgam City One Sub District Hospitals respectively in Beerwah , Khan Sahib, Magam,

.Outside Budgam railway station, there is a big hospital, named Ibn-Sina Hospital, which is Budgam district's first private hospital.

Attractions

Doodhpathri southwest Jammu Kashmir India (8)

contains the only airport in

at ''

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''. The district's main tourist attractions are Doodhpathri,

Yusmarg Yusmarg or Yousmarg (meaning 'Meadow of Jesus') is a hill station in the western part of Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated south of Srinagar the capital of the state. Yousmarg provides space f ...

Tosamaidan Tosa Maidan (or Toshamaidan) is a tourist destination and a hill station in Jammu and Kashmir. It is located in khag area of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The name also marks the historic Tosa Maidan route into the Kashmir Valley fr ...

, Nilnag, Khag and Pehjan. District Budgam offers many stunning locales and has tremendous tourism potential that has largely remained untapped so far. The attractive places that can be visited are Doodhpathri, Yousmarg,

, Nilnag and Khag.

Kani Shawl A Kani shawl is a type of Kashmir shawl originating from the Kanihama area of the Kashmir valley. It is one of the oldest handicraft of Kashmir. This craft has been a part of the valley since the time of Mughals. The shawls are woven from pashmin ...

adomed the caesar's court and was looked upon by Mughals and later by Nawabs as mark of nobility. In 1776,

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presented a Kani shawl to his wife Josephine and with that took off a new fashion trend in Europe. The revered shrine of Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali can also be found in the Charari Sharief Tehsil of Budgam district. Asia's oldest/largest Chinar resides at Chattergam Budgam.

Aga Sahib Shrine Aga Sahib Shrine or Ziyarat e Sarkaar or Aga Mehdi Shrine is a religious place of Kashmiri Muslims located at Budgam. In this shrine there are many religious personalities buried include Ayatullah-ul- Uzma Aga Syed Mehdi Al-Mosvi Al-Safvi Al-Najaf ...

and

Tomb of Shams-ud-Din Araqi Tomb of Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi or Ziyarat e Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi or Araqi Shrine is a religious site of Kashmiri Muslims located at Chadoora, Budgam. In this shrine there is buried Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi and Malik Hyder, a Kashmiri Historian. Th ...

are also situated in this district.

Notable people

* Nund Rishi, * Shamas Faqir, *

Samad Mir Samad Mir (c. 1893 – 9 January 1959) was a mystic Sufism, Sufi poet from Kashmir. Life Samad Mir was born at Alam Sahib Narwara, Srinagar, Kashmir, to Khaliq Mir and Noor Died in 1893 or 1894. Khaliq Mir was a ''dervish'', aboriginally from ...

, *

Aga Syed Yusuf Al-Moosavi Al-Safavi Syed Yousuf Al-Moosavi Al-Safavi (1904 – 29 August 1982) ( ur, آغا سید یوسف الموسوی الصفوی) was a Kashmiri religious scholar and leader of Shia Muslims. He founded the influential Anjuman-e-Sharie organization. Earl ...

, *

Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi Mir Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Arāqi (; CE), also known as ''Mir Syed Muhammad Musavi Isfahani'', was an Iranian Sufi Muslim saint. Araqi was part of the order of Twelver Shia Sufis in Jammu and Kashmir who greatly influenced the social fabri ...

Aga Syed Mohammad Fazlullah Aga Syed Mohammad Fazlullah Al-Moosavi Al-Safavi (26 November 1947 – 29 January 2018) was a Kashmiri Shia Scholar and cleric. He was the son of Aga Syed Yusuf Al-Moosavi Al-Safavi, president of Anjuman Sharie Shiyan (B), a member of the Worl ...

* Aga Mir Syed Mohammad Baqir Mosavi *

Aga Syed Mustafa Al-Moosavi Mustafa Al-Moosavi Al-Safvi (2 February 1918 – 21 August 2002) widely known as Aga Sahab ( ur, آغا صاحب) was a Kashmiri Shia Muslim cleric, Islamic Jurist, Islamic scholar, philanthropist and former President of Anjuman-e-Sharie Shiya ...

Aga Syed Mehdi Aga Syed Mehdi (19 February 1959 – 3 November 2000) was a prominent Kashmiri Shia leader and social activist. He was son of Aga Syed Mustafa Moosavi. He was assassinated in an IED blast on Friday 3 November 2000. Life and education Ag ...

* Aga Syed Mohsin

References

External links

Official website of Budgam district

Risingkashmir.in

Greaterkashmir.com

Kashmirtimes.com

Kashmirmonitor.org

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