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Khrew
Sign in to saveKhrew is a town under municipal committee in Pulwama district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It comes under Tehsil Pampore and District Pulwama of Union Territory of J&K. It is located at a distance of 20.3 km from Lal Chowk, Srinagar. It is famous for many things like a cement manufacturing hub where thousands of cement trucks are sent across the valley. It is also famous for the Indian army training camp where most of the new joined soldiers get training and are sent to different places after the training is over. It is also famous for the education system having tw
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Key facts
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- Khrew
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- Khrew
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- City
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- India Jammu and Kashmir#India
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- Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Country
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- Union Territory
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- Jammu and Kashmir
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- District
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- Pulwama
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- 12
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Pulwama district
- Area
- +12
- Elevation
- +1607
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Khrew is a town under municipal committee in Pulwama district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It comes under Tehsil Pampore and District Pulwama of Union Territory of J&K. It is located at a distance of 20.3 km from Lal Chowk, Srinagar. It is famous for many things like a cement manufacturing hub where thousands of cement trucks are sent across the valley. It is also famous for the Indian army training camp where most of the new joined soldiers get training and are sent to different places after the training is over. It is also famous for the education system having two higher secondary schools and many private schools. It is also famous for different religious places like Saint Sabir shah, Saint Syed shah Mantaqee, baba Qasim, and Jwala Mukhi Temple situated on the hilltop.
==Geography== Khrew is located at . It has an average elevation of 1,607 metres (5,272 feet) and is located in the Kashmir valley. The area starts from Babapora to Seer Bagh and from Bathen to Androosa. Also, the foot region is extended to Ladhoo, a village in Jammu and Kashmir.