Drugmulla is a village and tehsil headquarter in
Kupwara district of the
India
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n union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
. It is located 5 kilometres from the district headquarters
Kupwara
Kupwara is a town and a municipal council in Kupwara district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Municipal council Kupwara is an Urban Local Body with 13 elected members (also in Delimitation in progress for wards), which ad ...
.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India, Drugmulla had 736 households.
The literacy rate of Drugmulla town is 71.51%. The male literacy stands at 82.73% while the female literacy rate was 54.73%.
Education
Some of the institutions of Drugmulla Village which provide quality education to the students of Drugmulla and other areas of the district:
#UPS Bandpora Drugmulla
#Iqbal Memorial Dugmulla
#Imperial Drugmulla
#Alfayaz Public School
#IDPS Drugmula, Kupwara
#Almisba public school.
Transportation
Air
The nearest airport is
Srinagar International Airport, 88 kilometres or a two and a half an hour drive away.
Rail
The nearest railway stations are
Baramulla railway station and
Sopore railway station, located 42 and 50 kilometres from Drugmulla respectively. There are plans to connect Drugmulla by rail by extending the
Jammu–Baramulla line
The Jammu–Baramulla line is a railway track being laid to connect the Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Jammu railway station and thence to the rest of the country. The 356 km railway track will sta ...
to Kupwara which will pass through Drugmulla.
Road
Drugmulla is well-connected by road to other towns and villages in Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of India by the Sopore-Kupwara Road and Drugmulla-Kupwara Road. The
NH 701 passes through Drugmulla.
See also
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Kupwara
Kupwara is a town and a municipal council in Kupwara district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Municipal council Kupwara is an Urban Local Body with 13 elected members (also in Delimitation in progress for wards), which ad ...
*
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
*
Handwara
Handwara is a sub-district and a town in Kupwara district of Kashmir. It was known as Uttar Machipora until the division of Baramulla district in the 1980s resulting in the formation of two new districts: Kupwara and Bandipora. It is located ...
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Karnah
Karnah was the biggest Tehsil of Muzaffarabad wazarat before partition. After the turmoil of 1947, Line of Control was established in the heart of this wazarat which divided it into two parts. Karnah tehsil was also divided. Presently 16 square k ...
References
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{{Kupwara district
Kupwara district
Jammu and Kashmir