Drugmulla is a village and tehsil headquarter in Kupwara district of the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located 5 kilometres from the district headquarters

Kupwara Kupwara is a town and a municipal council in Kupwara district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Municipal council Kupwara is an Urban Local Body with 13 elected members (also in Delimitation in progress for wards), which adm ...

Demographics

According to the

2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Drugmulla had 736 households. The literacy rate of Drugmulla town is 71.51%. The male literacy stands at 82.73% while the female literacy rate was 54.73%.

Education

Some of the institutions of Drugmulla Village which provide quality education to the students of Drugmulla and other areas of the district: #UPS Bandpora Drugmulla #Iqbal Memorial Dugmulla #Imperial Drugmulla #Alfayaz Public School #IDPS Drugmula, Kupwara #Almisba public school.

Transportation

Air

The nearest airport is

Srinagar International Airport Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport also known as Srinagar Airport and Budgam Airbase, is an international airport serving Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is owned by the Indian Air Force, and the Airports Autho ...

, 88 kilometres or a two and a half an hour drive away.

Rail

The nearest railway stations are Baramulla railway station and Sopore railway station, located 42 and 50 kilometres from Drugmulla respectively. There are plans to connect Drugmulla by rail by extending 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 ...

to Kupwara which will pass through Drugmulla.

Road

Drugmulla is well-connected by road to other towns and villages in Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of India by the Sopore-Kupwara Road and Drugmulla-Kupwara Road. The NH 701 passes through Drugmulla.

References

External links

* * * {{Kupwara district Kupwara district Jammu and Kashmir