Bandipore
Bandipora | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Bandipore Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Bandipore Bandipore (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°25′23″N 74°38′10″E / 34.42306°N 74.63611°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Bandipora |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.40 km2 (5.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 37,081 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Bandipori, Bandiporiya, Bandipuri, Bandipuria |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[2][3] |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 75.13% |
| • Sex ratio | 838 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 193502 |
| Vehicle registration | JK15 |
| Website | bandipore |
Bandipore (English: /ˌbændɪˈpɔː/) or Bandipora is the headquarters of district of Bandipore in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located on the northern banks of Wullar Lake—the second-largest freshwater lake in Asia. Also highest Mountain peak of Kashmir Valley Mt Harmukh is in Bandipora.Bandipora has a terraced garden similar to that of Nishat Bagh in Srinagar. Bandipora is bound by mountains on three sides and by Wular Lake on the fourth. As per folklore, the name of Bandipora originated either from Bund of Wular as Bund e pur, from the local folk-singing bands (bāṇd) as Baand e pur or from the enclosed (band) geographical location as Bandh e pur.
- ^ a b c District Census Handbook Bandipora, Part B (PDF). Census of India 2011 (Report). 16 June 2014. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.