Kulgam district: Difference between revisions

''Tazkira Sadat-i-Simanania'', compiled by 13th-century scholar and poet Swaleh Reshi, gives the name of place as "Shampora". [[Mir Syed Hussain Simnani]] later renamed it "Kulgam" (''kul'' for 'clan' and ''gram'' for 'village' in Sanskrit). Simnani is said to have invited [[Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani]] to Kashmir,{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} with poets including [[Nund Rishi]] (Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (RA)) and [[Lalleshwari]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} These poets and their disciples manifested the composite culture or ''[[Kashmiriyat]]'', promoting and encouraging religious and cultural harmony even when viewed as heretics by other Asiatic countries.

The area had been a hunting place for Mughal emperors and Dogra rulers, especially for [[Shah Jahan|Shahanshah Shah Jehan]], who laid the "Chinar Bagh"<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinar Bagh srinagar|url=https://goowww.glgoogle.co.in/maps/ktfNjf38GJqplace/Chinar+Bagh,+Srinagar/@34.0851686,74.8109558,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x38e18f842f161d6b:0xb1efe211330100e1!8m2!3d34.0837602!4d74.8170822|website=google.co.in/maps|publisher=Google maps}}</ref> and Maharaja [[Hari Singh]], who discovered the virgin potential of sanctuary{{Clarify|reason="discovered the virgin potential of sanctuary" needs explanation, expansion, or deletion|date=April 2017}} at Kutbal.{{where|date=May 2017}} The District is the birthplace of [[Nund Rishi|Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani]], the founder of the [[Rishi order]], and of the forefathers of [[Muhammad Iqbal|Allama Iqbal]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Kulgam district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 424,483.<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 554th in India (out of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|925|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 7.3%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Kulgam has a [[sex ratio]] of 951 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males<ref name=districtcensus/> (this varies with religion), and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 60.3 percent%. According to officials demographics is improving at a good rate.The density of population of the district is 1051 persons per km² as compared to 124 persons for the state according to the Census figures of 2011.Kulgam districtScheduled haveTribes highestconstitutes proportion2.7% of Muslim in anythe district of Indiapopulation.<ref name="census2011-C01" />

* Sub district hospital D. H.Pora (But without infrastructure and doctors)

Town Kulgam is situated about {{cvt|68|km}} from [[Srinagar]] and about {{cvt|17|km}} from [[Anantnag]]. Aside from places of spiritual interest, the district has tourist spots like [[Aharbal|Aharbal water fall]] on VeshevVeshew Nallahriver which is a place of sight-seeing in the extreme south-west. High pastures and meadows are also places of tourist attraction in the area from Kund to Ladigasan (ahead of Aherbal clefts). The District also has an abundance of natural water from springs such as [[Kausar Nag]], Waseknag, Khee Nag, etc.

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