Kulgam

Kulgam (Urdu pronunciation:), known as Kolgom (Kashmiri pronunciation:) in Kashmiri, is a town, the administrative headquarters of Kulgam district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a region disputed between India and Pakistan. It is located approximately 67 km (42 mi) from the summer capital, Srinagar. Kulgam district was carved out from the erstwhile Anantnag district on 2 April 2007. The town is divided into 16 electoral wards and had a population of 23,584 as of the 2011 census, of which 12,605 were male and 10,979 female.