Khag
Khag | |
|---|---|
Tehsil | |
| Khag | |
 Naranag Fishery Khag | |
  Khag Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Khag Khag (India) | |
| Coordinates: 33°57′51″N 74°30′30″E / 33.9642591°N 74.508242°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Budgam |
| Tehsil Incorporated | 2006 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,663 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1][2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal Index Number | 193411 |
| Area code | 01951 |
| Vehicle registration | JKO4 |
Khag is a tehsil in and block in the Beerwah sub-district of the Budgam district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is 8.8 km (5.5 mi) away from sub-district headquarter Beerwah and 35 km (22 mi) away from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.[3]
Khag is renowned for its hot springs. According to locals[who?], there are as many as thirty-five individual springs in Khag. Ancient people called it the "Garden of Paradise".[citation needed]
Before 2008, Khag was one of the blocks of Beerwah tehsil. After the government of Jammu and Kashmir created new administrative units in 2008, Khag was granted tehsil status.
- ^ "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 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Profile :: District Budgam (Official website)". budgam.nic.in. Retrieved 8 October 2015.