Bandipore

Also known as Bandipora

Bandipore () or Bandipora ( ; ) is the headquarters of district of Bandipore in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in disputed Kashmir region. It is located on the northern banks of Wullar Lake—the second-largest freshwater lake in Asia. From baramulla the gateway of bandipora is Kehnusa where bando Bandipora the distanceis 15

Key facts

Settlement.name: Bandipore
Settlement.native_name: Bandüpūr
Settlement.other_name: Bandipora
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Jammu and Kashmir#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Jammu and Kashmir
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jammu and Kashmir
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bandipora
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 13.40
Settlement.population_total: 37,081
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_demonym: Bandüpūryuk, Bandipori, Bandiporiya, Bandipuri, Bandipuria
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages

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Wikidata facts

Population: 27482
Elevation: 1598
Official website: bandipore.gov.in
Image: Kehnusa bandipora.jpg
Dialing code: 1957

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postal code: 193502
Commons category: Bandipore

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14 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Demographics
Education
Attractions
Nishat Park
Forest Training and Research Institute
Shrine of Hazrat Syed Jaffar Ud Din Bukhari (RA)
Mount Harmukh
Road
Rail
Air
Prominent Personalities
References

==History== In 1963, the town of Bandipore was gutted by a fire, which destroyed hundreds of shops and houses. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, ex-Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, visited the town soon after the fire and said that the fire took place at the wrong time.