Tral

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Tral is a town, sub-district, and a notified area committee in the Pulwama district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The town is situated at a distance of 40 km from the summer capital, Srinagar and 26 km 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, 5 km 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.

Geography

Tral is located at . The average elevation is 1662 m and its average area is 110 km2.

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).

Villages in Tral Tehsil

Ali Gund
Amirabad
Amlar
Arigam Ullar
Aripal
Baragam
Batagund
Brental
Bathnoor Jagir
Begh Gund
Boochu
Chandrigam
Chatrugam
Chewa Ullar
Cheribugh
Dadasara
Dar Ganie Gund
Deedarpora
Dewar
Dharamgund
Doonigund
Gameraj
Gutroo
Gulab Bagh
Gulistan
Gulshanpora
Gwaang
Hajinar
Hurdumir
Heewan
Jawahirpora
Khanagund (Midoora)
Khasipora
Kuchmulla
Nader
Lalgam
Lalpora
Laribal
Lariyar
Lurgam
Lurow Jagir
Machhama
Mandoora
Monghama
Naher
Nigeenpora
Naibugh
Nanner
Nawdal
Nazneenpora
Nargistan
Panner Jagir
Panzoo
Pethgam Gadpora
Pinglish
Pranigam
Quil Shikargah
Rathsuna
Reshipora
Syedabad
Sangrama
Seer Jagir
Shahpora
Sheerabad/Shairabad/Bulli/Boli
Saimoh
Satoora
Takiya Gulab Bagh
Wagad
Kaarmulla
Nagbal
Machama

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.

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Religion	Urban	Rural	Total
Islam	15852	82780	98632
Sikhism	107	8058	8165
Hinduism	1817	920	2737
Other	68	594	662
TOTAL	17844	92352	110196
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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

Main article: 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 154.15 sqkm and came into being by merging Paner-Shikargah forest area in Tral with Overa-Aru Wildlife Sanctuary in Pahalgam.

Security situation

Tral is a volatile area and a traditional hotbed of militancy. Burhan Wani, former commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, hailed from Sharifabad, Tral. Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Bhat, successor of Burhan Wani, also hailed from Rathsuna Tral and was killed in Saimoh village (Tral) by Indian security forces, thus sparking days of unrest. Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (Kashmir-based Al-Qaeda Cell) is also believed to be operating from Tral as its founder and chief, Zakir Musa, hailed from the Noorpora area of Tral.

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.
Burhan Wani – Hizbul Mujahideen militant.

References

(27 September 2020). "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020". The Gazette of India.
(23 September 2020). "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir.
(16 August 2019). "Extending Kashmiriyat to Embrace Burzahom". The Economic Times.
"Maps, Weather, and Airports for Tral, India". fallingrain.com.
"Census of India". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
"Census of India". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
"Census of India". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
"censusindia.gov.in". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
"Education {{!}} Pulwama District, Government of Jammu and Kashmir {{!}} India".
"Government Degree College Tral, Pulwama, Kashmir".
"ITI Tral".
(26 October 2019). "Tral Wildlife Sanctuary comes into being".
"Why south Kashmir is becoming the new hotbed of militancy". dailyo.in.
(May 2017). "Top rebel commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat killed in Kashmir". [[Al Jazeera English.
Singh, Vijaita. (2019-05-24). "Zakir Musa was working to merge Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad into mega group". The Hindu.

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