Buchpora is a town on the outskirts of
Srinagar,
Jammu and Kashmir,
India
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.
It is situated on
Srinagar-Leh Highway on the eastern side of
Anchar Lake
Anchar Lake is a lake located near Soura area, near the city of Srinagar in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Situated close to Ganderbal, the lake is connected with the famous Dal Lake via a channel "Amir Khan Nallah" which pas ...
. The postal code of the area is 190020. The area is about north from
Lal Chowk
Lal Chowk () is a city square in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
The square was given its name by left-wing activists who were inspired by the Russian Revolution as they fought the princely state's Maharaja, Hari Singh. It has tradition ...
.
Most of the current inhabitants of the area are migrants from
Downtown Srinagar
Downtown, popularly known as ''Shahar-e-Khaas'', is the largest and the most densely populated area of the city of Srinagar in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The area is mostly located on the banks of Jhelum river about from ...
. During the project of widening the roads in Downtown, numerous houses obstructing the widening of roads were shattered down. The homeless people were given plots of land by state government in neighbouring areas including Buchpora and
Soura.
[List of Government Housing Colonies in Srinagar/Government Housing Colonies of Soura and Buchpora by Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Karan Nagar] Thus government housing colonies were constructed in these areas. there are many areas adjacent to this area, Illahi bagh, Rang pora, Umerhaira, are some of them. The area was an agriculture land but has been converted into a residential area.
The area provides two major road links which connect
Ganderbal
Ganderbal is a town and a municipality committee in Ganderbal district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters of Ganderbal district.It is in Central Kashmir, it has an average elevation of 1,619 metres (5, ...
with
Srinagar.
Schools
The schools providing education facilities to local students as well as the students from other districts are as follows :
*
Green Valley Educational Institute
Green Valley Educational Institute ''(estd. 1991)'' is a co-educational, K-12 school in the Illahi Bagh neighbourhood of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was established in 1991, and now has approximately 3500 students, 90 buses in fle ...
* Saint Solomon High School
* Snow Land Public School
* Zulfikar Memorial Educational Institute
* Usmania Model High School
* Oasis Preparatory School
See also
*
90 Feet Road
90 Feet Road is the southern segment of the Srinagar-Leh Highway ( National Highway 1D), which connects Srinagar with Ladakh. The 90 Feet Road begins in Soura, Srinagar, about 11.1 km north of the commercial centre of Lal Chowk. It exten ...
*
Soura
References
Cities and towns in Srinagar district
Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar district
Srinagar
Neighbourhoods in Srinagar
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