Nussu is a village in the district Budgam,

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...

Beerwah in the

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n administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located about west of the district headquarters,

Budgam Budgam (), known as Badgom (; ) in Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area committee,This gives the population of Budgam adgamN. ...

, and about west of union territory capital Srinagar. Nussu has population of

shias Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mos ...

community. The place is surrounded and famous for orchards and has largest orchards in this locality.

Demographics

In the 2011

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Iskander Pora had a population of 2,484, 1,314 males and 1168 females. The village had a

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of 889 females for every 1,000 males.

Geography

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/ref> It has an average elevation of . It is situated at plateau-like land mass, it is surrounded by karewas on south, west and north with its east surrounded by plains. Iskander Pora is connected with the Srinagar city via

Magam Magam is a tehsil in central Kashmir's Beerwah sub-district. It is also a town, notified area committee, and a block in Budgam district in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is away from sub-district headqua ...

town and

Budgam district Budgam district is a district in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Created in 1979 with its headquarters at Budgam, it is the district with the largest population of Shias in the Kashmir valley. Administration Budg ...

headquarters,

, via Beerwah town. It is away from Magam and away from Beerwah. It is also connected to tehsil Khag via Malpora which is also distant.

Mazhom Railway Station Mazhom railway station, also known as Mazhama railway station, lies on Northern Railway Network Zone of Indian Railways. It is situated west of Srinagar on Gulmarg Road. It is the major railway stations in Budgam district. The station conne ...

is the nearby railway stations to Magam for a person arriving from north or south.

Education

Schools

* Government Middle School, Iskander Pora] (est. 1962) * Imamia Public High School, Iskander Pora, run and managed by Educational Trust Kashmir (ETK)

Religious education

Religious belief, Religious education is imparted in local maktabs. These impart education on a part-time basis to the children. •Maktabs names 1. Maktab-e-Islamia Iskander pora Run by Al-Abbas Relief trust jk. •Head Of Maktab Aga Syed Arshid Hussain Razvi. 2.Babul ilm Run by hauziya Babul Ilm budgam Head Of Maktab Aga Syed Hassan al- mosvi.

References

{{State and Union Territory capitals of India Budgam district Villages in Budgam district