Pahalgam
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- Settlement.name
- Pahalgam
- Settlement.native_name
- Pahalgom
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ks
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Jammu and Kashmir#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Anantnag
- Settlement.governing_body
- Pahalgam Municipal Committee
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 18.02
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2200
- Settlement.population_total
- 9264
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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- Etymology
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Administration
- Transportation
- Tourism
- 2025 Pahalgam attack
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Pahalgam () or Pahalgom () is a town in Anantnag district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located on the banks of Lidder River at an altitude of in the Vale of Kashmir. Pahalgam is the headquarters of the Pahalgam tehsil, one of the eleven tehsils in Anantnag district.
Located about from Anantnag, the town is a popular tourist destination and hill station. The town is the starting point of the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath Temple, which takes place in July–August.