Tral is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

, sub-district and a notified area committee in the

Pulwama district The Pulwama district is located to the south of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. Its district headquarters are situated in the city of Pulwama. It is located in the central part of the Kashmir Valley. Administration In 1979 Anantna ...

of Indian-administered Kashmir. The town is situated at a distance of from summer capital, Srinagar and from district headquarters, Pulwama. Tral is the second largest area committee in Pulwama district.

History

Gufkral represents an important site in the area. Gufkral is located at Banmir village in Hurdumir area of Tral, from the sub district headquarter. The area falls between two nallahs (streams) on an extensive deposit of Karewa (elevated table-land) where people used to live in ancient times.

Geography

Tral is located at . The average elevation is and its average area is . The main town area of Tral is divided into two parts/divisions – Upper Tral (''Tral-i-Bala'') and Lower Tral (''Tral-i-Payeen''). There is a significant difference in the altitudes of these two divisions/parts as their name suggests. The population of Lower Tral (''Tral-i-Payeen'') is more than that of Upper Tral (''Tral-i-Bala'').

Demographics

As of

2011 Indian Census The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Tral had a population of 1,10,196 with 57,536 males constituting 52.21% of the population and 52,660 females constituting 47.79% of the population. Out of 1,10,196, 17,844 is urban and 92,352 is rural population of Tral.

Religion

According to the 2011 census, Islam is practised by about 89.51% of the population, while 7.41% follow

Sikhism Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit= Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fr ...

and 2.48% follow

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or ''dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global po ...

Education

Tral has an average

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, hum ...

of about 64%. There are various educational institutions in and around Tral

. Tral has two educational zones:- Zone Tral and Zone Lurgam which consist of 201 government educational institutes and 33 private schools up to senior secondary level besides a degree

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, an Islamic College for females namely Islamic Oriental College and an Industrial Training Institute.

Tourist attractions

Nagaberan (Upper Dachigam), Wasturwan (Syedabad), Gufkral, Shikargah, Panner Dam, Aripal Spring, Narastan, Hajan and Dilnag are the main tourist attractions of Tral. Tarsar- Marsar

lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

are also accessible via the meadows of Nagaberan. Tarsar Lake

Tral Wildlife Sanctuary

On 26 October 2019, the government declared a new breeding ground for endangered

Kashmiri stag The Kashmir stag (''Cervus hanglu hanglu''), also called hangul (), is a subspecies of Central Asian red deer endemic to Kashmir and surrounding areas. It is found in dense riverine forests in the high valleys and mountains of Jammu and Kashmir ...

(

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) in Tral area. It was named as Tral Wildlife Sanctuary which is spread over and came into being by merging Paner-Shikargah forest area in Tral with Overa-Aru Wildlife Sanctuary in

Pahalgam Pahalgam (), known as Pahalgom (; in Kashmiri) is a town and a notified area committee, near Anantnag city in the Anantnag district of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a popular tourist destination and hi ...

Villages in Tral Tehsil

1. Ali Gund 2. Amirabad 3.

Amlar Amlar is a village in the Pulwama district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies at a distance of almost 35 km from Srinagar and 6 km from main Tral town and 5 km from Awantipora. Its nearby villages are Nowpora, Lari ...

4. Arigam Ullar 5. Aripal 6. Baragam 7. Batagund 8. Brental 9. Bathnoor Jagir 10. Begh Gund 11. Boochu 12. Chandrigam 13. Chatrugam 14. Chewa Ullar 15. Cheribugh 16. Dadasara 17. Dar Ganie Gund 18. Deedarpora 19. Dewar 20. Dharamgund 21. Doonigund 22. Gameraj 23. Gutroo 24. Gulab Bagh 25. Gulistan 26. Gulshanpora 27. Gwaang 28. Hajinar 29. Hurdumir 30. Heewan 31. Jawahirpora 32. Khanagund - ( Midoora) 33. Khasipora 34. Kuchmulla 35. Nader 36. Lalgam 37. Lalpora 38. Laribal 39. Lariyar 40. Lurgam 41. Lurow Jagir 42. Machhama 43. Mandoora 44. Monghama 45. Naher 46. Nigeenpora 47. Naibugh 48. Nanner 49. Nawdal 50. Nazneenpora 51. Nargistan 52. Panner Jagir 53. Panzoo 54. Pethgam Gadpora 55. Pinglish 56. Pranigam 57. Quil Shikargah 58. Rathsuna 59. Reshipora 60. Syedabad 61. Sangrama 62. Seer Jagir 63. Shahpora 64. Sheerabad 65. Saimoh 66. Satoora 67. Takiya Gulab Bagh 68. Wagad 69. Kaarmulla

Notable people

Notable people living in or coming from the Tral area include: *

Ali Muhammad Naik Ali Muhammad Naik was a member of the Indian parliament. Naik was one of the many NC lawmakers who ditched Farooq Abdullah and topped his government by allying with Ghulam Mohammad Shah Ghulam Mohammad Shah or G. M. Shah or Gul Shah (20 July ...

– former MP, MLA, speaker of Legislative Assembly.

Security situation

Tral is a volatile area and a traditional hotbed of militancy. Burhan Muzaffar Wani, former commander of

Hizbul Mujahideen Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled Hizb-ul-Mujahideen ( ar, حزب المجاھدین, ), is an Islamism, Islamist militant organization operating in the Kashmir region. Its goal is to separate Kashmir Valley, Kashmir from India and merge it with ...

, hailed from Dadasara Tral. Hizbul Mujahideen commander

Sabzar Bhat Sabzar Ahmed Bhat was a kashmiri militant, who is the area commander of the militant organisation Hizbul Mujahideen. He was killed in an encounter by the police on 26 May 2017 at Saimoh Tral Early life Bhat's home village is reported to have ...

, successor of Burhan Wani, also hailed from Rathsuna Tral and was killed in Saimoh village (Tral) by Indian security forces, thus sparking days of unrest. Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind ( Kashmir based

Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arab, Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military ta ...

Cell) is also believed to be operated from Tral as its founder and chief, Zakir Musa, hailed from Noorpora area of Tral.

References

{{Pulwama district Cities and towns in Pulwama district