Karnah is an administrative
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
in the
Kupwara district
Kupwara district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mentio ...
of the
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
n union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir. It is from the town of
Kupwara, the district headquarter, and is the largest tehsil of the district by area.
Maa Sharda Devi temple
On 22 March 2023, Indian Army inaugurated the Sharda Devi temple in
Teetwal, Karnah in Kupwara district with the support of locals of valley , which is close to
Line of Control
The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistanicontrolled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but ser ...
. The architecture and reconstruction of the Maa Sharda Devi temple was done in accordance with the Vedic scriptures under the aegis of
Sharada Peeth
Sharada Peeth is a ruined Hindu temple and ancient centre of learning located in the Neelum Valley of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. Between the 6th and 12th centuries CE, it was among the most prominen ...
, and the temple was inaugurated on the first day of
Chaitra Navratri.
Demographics
Karnah tehsil has a total population of 60,129 as per the Census 2011, of which 34,471 are males while 25,658 are females, giving a sex rationratio of 744 females per 1,000 males. In 2011 there were total 11,422 families residing in Karnah Tehsil.
Paharis form a majority population in the tehsil. As per Census 2011 out of the total population, 25.8% live in urban areas while 74.2% live in rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 68.4% while that in the rura
is 59.9%. Also, the sex ratio of urban areas in the tehsil is 587 while that of rural areas is 807.
See also
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Sharada Peeth
Sharada Peeth is a ruined Hindu temple and ancient centre of learning located in the Neelum Valley of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. Between the 6th and 12th centuries CE, it was among the most prominen ...
References
Villages in Kupwara district
Tehsils of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
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