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Kulgam district
Kulgam district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is in the Kashmir division and is located at a distance of 18 kilometres (11 mi) towards south-west of Anantnag. The district comprises block, tehsil and town of Kulgam.
Kulgam is situated near the Pir Panjal Range, overlooking the left bank of the Veshaw River, along a rough, hilly road from Larow. The Veshaw River, which drains most of the northern face of the Pir Panjal Range, is the main left-bank tributary of the Jhelum River and traverses through District Kulgam. The Veshaw is broken into a number of channels to provide drinking water and irrigation for large tracts of the district's land.
The town of Kulgam is situated about 68 km (42 mi) from Srinagar and about 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Anantnag. Roads connect it to the neighbouring districts of Shopian, Pulwama, Anantnag, and Banihal.
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] with poets including Nund Rishi (Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (RA)) and Lalleshwari.[citation needed] 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 form of administration from Sher Shah Suri's reign led to creation of a Tehsil during Mughal Rule, through the aegis of Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom. This had jurisdiction encompassing Doru, Banihal, Gulabgarh, and Shopian. After time, constituent units including Pulwama, Shopian, and Reasi attained the status of district.
The area had been a hunting place for Mughal emperors and Dogra rulers, especially for Shahanshah Shah Jehan, who laid the "Chinar Bagh" and Maharaja Hari Singh, who discovered the virgin potential of sanctuary[clarification needed] at Kutbal.[where?] The District is the birthplace of Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani, the founder of the Rishi order, and of the forefathers of Allama Iqbal and Jawaharlal Nehru.
There has been insurgency in Kashmir since 1989. Beginning in the 1990s there is an upsurge of Rebel groups in the district, particularly the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen. the rebels encourage the populace to boycott elections.
According to the 2011 census, Kulgam district has a population of 424,483. This gives it a ranking of 554th in India (out of 640). The district has a population density of 925 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,400/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 7.3%. Kulgam has a sex ratio of 951 females for every 1000 males (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 60.3%. 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. 18.99% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Tribes constitutes 6.25% of the district population.
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Kulgam district
Kulgam district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is in the Kashmir division and is located at a distance of 18 kilometres (11 mi) towards south-west of Anantnag. The district comprises block, tehsil and town of Kulgam.
Kulgam is situated near the Pir Panjal Range, overlooking the left bank of the Veshaw River, along a rough, hilly road from Larow. The Veshaw River, which drains most of the northern face of the Pir Panjal Range, is the main left-bank tributary of the Jhelum River and traverses through District Kulgam. The Veshaw is broken into a number of channels to provide drinking water and irrigation for large tracts of the district's land.
The town of Kulgam is situated about 68 km (42 mi) from Srinagar and about 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Anantnag. Roads connect it to the neighbouring districts of Shopian, Pulwama, Anantnag, and Banihal.
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] with poets including Nund Rishi (Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (RA)) and Lalleshwari.[citation needed] 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 form of administration from Sher Shah Suri's reign led to creation of a Tehsil during Mughal Rule, through the aegis of Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom. This had jurisdiction encompassing Doru, Banihal, Gulabgarh, and Shopian. After time, constituent units including Pulwama, Shopian, and Reasi attained the status of district.
The area had been a hunting place for Mughal emperors and Dogra rulers, especially for Shahanshah Shah Jehan, who laid the "Chinar Bagh" and Maharaja Hari Singh, who discovered the virgin potential of sanctuary[clarification needed] at Kutbal.[where?] The District is the birthplace of Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani, the founder of the Rishi order, and of the forefathers of Allama Iqbal and Jawaharlal Nehru.
There has been insurgency in Kashmir since 1989. Beginning in the 1990s there is an upsurge of Rebel groups in the district, particularly the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen. the rebels encourage the populace to boycott elections.
According to the 2011 census, Kulgam district has a population of 424,483. This gives it a ranking of 554th in India (out of 640). The district has a population density of 925 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,400/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 7.3%. Kulgam has a sex ratio of 951 females for every 1000 males (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 60.3%. 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. 18.99% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Tribes constitutes 6.25% of the district population.