Tral

Tral is a town, sub-district, and a notified area committee in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered Jammu and kashmir. The town is situated at a distance of from the summer capital, Srinagar and from district headquarters, Pulwama. Tral is the second largest municipal area committee in Pulwama district.

Tral is a town, sub-district, and a notified area committee in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered Jammu and kashmir. The town is situated at a distance of from the summer capital, Srinagar and from district headquarters, Pulwama. Tral is the second largest municipal area committee in Pulwama district. ==History== Gufkral represents an important site in the area. Gufkral is located at Banmir village in Hurdumir area of Tral, from the sub-district headquarters. The area falls between two nallahs (streams) on an extensive deposit of Karewa (elevated tableland) where people used to live in ancient times. According to historical accounts, Shah-e-Hamdan gifted a Lal-e-Badakshan (a ruby from Badakhshan) to Sultan Sikandar; in return, Sultan Sikandar granted Shah-e-Hamdan land on which to build khanqahs at Tral, Sopore, and Wachi. ==Geography== Tral is located at . The average elevation is and its average area is . The main town area of Tral is divided into two parts/divisions – Upper Tral (Tral-i-Bala) and Lower Tral (Tral-i-Payeen). There is a significant difference in the altitudes of these two divisions/parts, as their name suggests. The population of Lower Tral (Tral-i-Payeen) is more than that of Upper Tral (Tral-i-Bala). ==Demographics== As of the 2011 Indian Census, Tral had a population of 1,10,196 with 57,536 males constituting 52.21% of the population and 52,660 females constituting 47.79% of the population. Out of 1,10,196, 17,844 is urban and 92,352 is rural population of Tral. ===Religion=== According to the 2011 census, Islam is practised by about 89.51% of the population, while 7.41% follow Sikhism and 2.48% follow Hinduism. ==Education== Tral has an average literacy rate of about 64%. There are various educational institutions in and around Tral town. Tral has two educational zones:- Zone Tral and Zone Lurgam, which consist of 201 government educational institutes and 33 private schools up to senior secondary level besides a degree college an Islamic College for females, namely Islamic Oriental College, and an Industrial Training Institute. ==Tourist attractions== Nagaberan (Upper Dachigam), Wasturwan (Syedabad), Gufkral, Shikargah, Panner Dam, Aripal Spring, Narastan, Hajan, and Dilnag are the main tourist attractions of Tral. Tarsar-Marsar lakes are also accessible via the meadows of Nagaberan. ===Tral Wildlife Sanctuary=== On 26 October 2019, the government declared a new breeding ground for endangered Kashmiri stag (Hangul) in Tral area. It was named as Tral Wildlife Sanctuary which is spread over and came into being by merging Paner-Shikargah forest area in Tral with Overa-Aru Wildlife Sanctuary in Pahalgam. ==Notable people== Notable people living in or coming from the Tral area include: Ali Muhammad Naik – former MP, MLA, speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Maulana Noor Ahmad Trali – religious scholar. ==References==

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