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Pattan, is a sub-district town and a municipal community in Baramulla district within the Indian
Union Territory Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the Government of India, central government of India, as opposed to the states, which have their own State governments of India, s ...
of Jammu and Kashmir.


Location

Pattan is surrounded by Breng Block towards North, Kunzer block towards the south, Narbal block towards east, Singhpora block towards west. This place is near the border of the
Baramulla Baramulla (), also known as Varmul () in Kashmiri, is a city and municipality of the Baramulla district of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various r ...
, Budgam and Ganderbal districts. Budgam district and Beerwah are south of this place.


Geography

Pattan is located at . It has an average elevation of . Pattan is one of the historical capitals of
Kashmir valley The Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, is an intermontane valley in northern Jammu and Kashmir, a region in Indian-administered Kashmir.(a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcont ...
, located nearly in the centre of the valley. Pattan tehsil has remains of four palaces including two in the municipal limits.


Transport

Pattan is accessible through Pattan railway station, Hamre railway station and Mazhom railway station. However, Jammu Tawi is the major railway station about from Pattan. Via Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, it is only from Summer Capital Srinagar. Sheikh-ul-Alam International Airport at
Srinagar Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...
is the nearest airport, southeast.


Demographics

As of 2011 India
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Pattan had a population of 19,538 of whom 12,580 are males and 6,958 are female. Literacy rate of Pattan is 74.28% higher than the erstwhile state average of 67.16%. In Pattan, Male literacy is around 83.92% while female literacy rate is 55.91%. Population of children with age of 0-6 is 2,053 which is 10.51% of total population age.


See also

* Lolipora


References

Cities and towns in Baramulla district Kashmir Baramulla district {{JammuandKashmir-geo-stub Tehsils of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)