Tral is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
,
sub-district and a
notified area committee
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in the
Pulwama district
The Pulwama district is located to the south of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. Its district headquarters are situated in the city of Pulwama. It is located in the central part of the Kashmir Valley.
Administration
In 1979 Anantnag d ...
of
Indian-administered Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompass ...
. The town is situated at a distance of from summer 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 ...
and from district headquarters,
Pulwama
Pulwama (known as Panwangam in antiquity, and later as Pulgam) is a City and notified area council in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located approximately south of the summer capital of ...
. Tral is the second largest area committee in Pulwama district.
History
Gufkral
Gufkral ('' means cave and '' means potter) is a site inhabited by potters who utilize the caves. Caves and archeological site are located at Banmir village in the Tral Tehsil of the Pulwama District, in the Kashmir Valley of Indian-administer ...
represents an important site in the area. Gufkral is located at Banmir village in Hurdumir area of Tral, from the sub district headquarter. The area falls between two nallahs (streams) on an extensive deposit of Karewa (elevated table-land) where people used to live in ancient times.
Geography
Tral is located at . The average elevation is and its average area is .
The main town area of Tral is divided into two parts/divisions – Upper Tral (''Tral-i-Bala'') and Lower Tral (''Tral-i-Payeen''). There is a significant difference in the altitudes of these two divisions/parts as their name suggests. The population of Lower Tral (''Tral-i-Payeen'') is more than that of Upper Tral (''Tral-i-Bala'').
Demographics
As of
2011 Indian Census
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 ...
, Tral had a population of 1,10,196 with 57,536 males constituting 52.21% of the population and 52,660 females constituting 47.79% of the population. Out of 1,10,196, 17,844 is
urban
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* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
Urban may also refer to:
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and 92,352 is
rural population
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of Tral.
Religion
According to the 2011 census,
Islam
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is practised by about 89.51% of the population, while 7.41% follow
Sikhism
Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit=Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fro ...
and 2.48% follow
Hinduism
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.
Education
Tral has an average
literacy rate
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of about 64%. There are various educational institutions in and around Tral
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
. Tral has two educational zones:- Zone Tral and Zone Lurgam which consist of 201 government educational institutes and 33 private schools up to senior secondary level besides a degree
college
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, an Islamic College for females namely Islamic Oriental College and an
Industrial Training Institute.
Tourist attractions
Nagaberan (Upper
Dachigam
Dachigam National Park is a national park located, from Srinagar city in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India on the east side of Dal Lake. It covers an area of 161, 62.16(updated recently) by hgtian student SIJ. The name of the park ...
), Wasturwan (Syedabad), Gufkral, Shikargah, Panner Dam, Aripal Spring, Narastan, Hajan and Dilnag are the main tourist attractions of Tral.
Tarsar
The Tarsar Lake or Tar Sar is an almond-shaped, oligotrophic alpine lake situated in between Sindh and Lidder valleys. On its west side lies Dachigam National Park, and on its south side lies Tral. The shortest route for reaching it, is from Su ...
-
Marsar lakes
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are also accessible via the meadows of Nagaberan.
Tral Wildlife Sanctuary
On 26 October 2019, the government declared a new breeding ground for endangered
Kashmiri stag (
Hangul
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) in Tral area. It was named as Tral Wildlife Sanctuary which is spread over and came into being by merging Paner-Shikargah forest area in Tral with
Overa-Aru Wildlife Sanctuary
The Overa-Aru Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Aru Valley, Pahalgam near Anantnag city in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies 46 km from Anantnag city, the district headquarter. It is on the periphery of the two vi ...
in
Pahalgam
Pahalgam (), known as Pahalgom (; in Kashmiri) is a town and a notified area committee, near Anantnag city in the Anantnag district of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a popular tourist destination and hill ...
.
Villages in Tral Tehsil
1. Ali Gund
2. Amirabad
3.
Amlar
Amlar is a village in the Pulwama district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It lies at a distance of almost 35 km from Srinagar and 6 km from main Tral town and 5 km from Awantipora. Its n ...
4. Arigam Ullar
5. Aripal
6.
Baragam
Baragam, also known as Baragram, is a village in the Tral block of Pulwama district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a small village located at . It lies almost from Srinagar, and from district headquarters, Pulwama
...
7. Batagund
8. Brental
9. Bathnoor Jagir
10. Begh Gund
11. Boochu
12. Chandrigam
13. Chatrugam
14. Chewa Ullar
15. Cheribugh
16.
Dadasara
Dadasara is a village in the Tral sub-district of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir.
The name of Dadasara is derived from the two words "''Dadah''", meaning deep, and "''Sar''" meaning lake. Dadasara is believed to have be ...
17. Dar Ganie Gund
18. Deedarpora
19. Dewar
20. Dharamgund
21. Doonigund
22. Gameraj
23. Gutroo
24. Gulab Bagh
25. Gulistan
26. Gulshanpora
27. Gwaang
28. Hajinar
29. Hurdumir
30. Heewan
31. Jawahirpora
32. Khanagund - (
Midoora
Midoora, also known as Midru, is a piedmont, agglomerated rural settlement in the Awantipora Tehsil of Pulwama district in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. It is at a distance of 30 km from Srinagar and 8 km from the main to ...
)
33. Khasipora
34. Kuchmulla
35. Nader
36. Lalgam
37. Lalpora
38. Laribal
39. Lariyar
40. Lurgam
41. Lurow Jagir
42. Machhama
43. Mandoora
44. Monghama
45. Naher
46. Nigeenpora
47. Naibugh
48. Nanner
49. Nawdal
50. Nazneenpora
51. Nargistan
52. Panner Jagir
53. Panzoo
54. Pethgam Gadpora
55. Pinglish
56. Pranigam
57. Quil Shikargah
58. Rathsuna
59. Reshipora
60. Syedabad
61. Sangrama
62. Seer Jagir
63. Shahpora
64. Sheerabad
65. Saimoh
66. Satoora
67. Takiya Gulab Bagh
68. Wagad
69. Kaarmulla
Notable people
Notable people living in or coming from the Tral area include:
*
Ali Muhammad Naik – former MP, MLA,
speaker
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** I ...
of
Legislative Assembly.
Security situation
Tral is a volatile area and a traditional hotbed of militancy.
Burhan Muzaffar Wani
Burhan Wani (19 September 1994 – 8 July 2016) was a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, an Islamist militant organization and insurgent group of the Kashmir conflict. He had become a popular figure amongst the local Kashmiri populace, having do ...
, former commander of
Hizbul Mujahideen
Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled Hizb-ul-Mujahideen ( ar, حزب المجاھدین, ), is an Islamism, Islamist militant organization operating in the Kashmir region. Its goal is to separate Kashmir Valley, Kashmir from India and merge it with ...
, hailed from
Dadasara
Dadasara is a village in the Tral sub-district of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir.
The name of Dadasara is derived from the two words "''Dadah''", meaning deep, and "''Sar''" meaning lake. Dadasara is believed to have be ...
Tral. Hizbul Mujahideen commander
Sabzar Bhat
Sabzar Ahmed Bhat was a kashmiri militant, who is the area commander of the militant organisation Hizbul Mujahideen. He was killed in an encounter by the police on 26 May 2017 at Saimoh Tral
Early life
Bhat's home village is reported to have ...
, successor of
Burhan Wani
Burhan Wani (19 September 1994 – 8 July 2016) was a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, an Islamist militant organization and insurgent group of the Kashmir conflict. He had become a popular figure amongst the local Kashmiri populace, having d ...
, also hailed from Rathsuna Tral and was killed in Saimoh village (Tral) by Indian security forces, thus sparking days of unrest.
Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind
Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind ( ur, ) is an Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamist militant group active in Kashmir. The group's stated objective is to impose Sharia law in Jammu and Kashmir and jihad against India.
Background
Zakir Rashid Bhat was an Islami ...
(
Kashmir
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based
Al-Qaeda
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Cell) is also believed to be operated from Tral as its founder and chief,
Zakir Musa
Zakir Rashid Bhat (also known as Zakir Musa) was an Sunni Pan-Islamist, Kashmiri-separatist militant who became the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen after the killing of Burhan Wani and Sabzar Bhat, who were the former commanders of the same ...
, hailed from Noorpora area of Tral.
References
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Cities and towns in Pulwama district