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Pahalgam

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Also known as Pahalgom

Key facts

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
Nagar Panchayat
Country
India
Elevation
2740
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
Pahalgham(the valley of shepherds).jpg
Dialing code
1936
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Commons category
Pahalgam
postal code
192126
located in/on physical feature
Lidder Valley
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Administration
  • Transportation
  • Tourism
  • 2025 Pahalgam attack
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pahalgam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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