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Tangmarg | |
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Town | |
 Tangmarg Post Office | |
  Tangmarg Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Tangmarg Tangmarg (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′33″N 74°25′28″E / 34.05917°N 74.42444°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Baramulla |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1][2] |
| • Spoken | Pahadi, Gujari |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 193402 |
| Telephone code | +911954 |
Tangmarg is a town and tehsil in Baramulla district in Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In 2014, Tangmarg was granted a sub division and trifurcated into three Tehsils (Tangmarg, Kunzer and Karhama), with Sub Divisional Magistrate SDM Office located at Tangmarg. The Tangmarg town is central to more than 100 villages in the vicinity. Tangmarg is gateway of gulmarg which is just 13kms away, also drung waterfall is 3kms away which makes tangmarg most crowded place in the evening due to clean & fresh environment.
Tangmarg has a post office that has been recently modernized, computerized and renovated and there are plans to develop it into a model post office at par with project arrow post offices. There are many hotels and restaurants, everything required by travelling tourists. Tangmarg is 39 km (24 mi) from Srinagar by a two-lane road. Tangmarg has many tourist spots like Drung, Gulmarg, Baderkoot, Zandpal, Gogaldara, Nigli Nullah and Baba Reshi. The name "Baba Reshi" is locally given for the great Sufi saint of Kashmir Baba Payam ud Din Reshi who has a Shrine located around 6 km (3.7 mi) from Tangmarg. Tangmarg is also known as gate of Gulmarg. Tangmarg is also known as shen kaul which means brook of snow. Tangmarg is also famous for trout fish.
- ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.