Trehgam is a town in
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 Indian
union territory
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of
Jammu and Kashmir
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* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory since 2019
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019
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. The village is located at a distance of from district headquarters
Kupwara town. Trehgam has recently been carved out as the sixth constituency of District Kupwara.
Trehgam hamlet shares a common yard with a Hindu temple and nearby there is a shrine of a great Sufi saint Syed Ibrahim Bukhari (RA). Symbolizing communal harmony and peaceful coexistence, the three religious entities—Shiv temple, Grand Mosque and the Shrine—are in a row and in front of them there's a famous pond which is the main source of water for almost half a dozen nearby villages.
Trehgam, popularly known as the mother of Kashmir's resistance movement, is the birthplace of Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, who was hanged in 1984 in Delhi's Tihar Jail. His family still lives in the village.
The pond is believed to be thousand year old and is currently the main source of water for almost half a dozen nearby villages. Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India, Trehgam has 1258 households.
The literacy rate of Trehgam was 75.54% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Trehgam, Male literacy stands at 82.6% while the female literacy rate was 66.09%.
Transport
Rail
The nearest railway stations to Trehgam are
Sopore railway station
Sopur (or Sopore) Railway Station is situated in the outskirts of Sopore town. It lies on Northern Railway Network Zone of Indian Railways. Sopore is currently the northernmost station of Indian Railways.
Location
The station is located at A ...
and
Baramulla railway station both located at a distance of from Trehgam.
Air
The nearest airport is
Srinagar International Airport
Srinagar International Airport , officially named as Sheikh Ul Alam International Airport, is an international airport serving Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is owned by the Indian Air Force ...
located at a distance of .
See also
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Lolab Valley
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Gurez
Gurez, or Gurais (''Guráai'' in the local Shina language), is a valley located in the high Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located to the north of the Kashmir Valley, separated from it by the great Himalayan range, and is situat ...
*
Tulail Valley
The Tulail Valley (تلیل) is a Himalayas, Himalayan sub-valley of Gurez in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir in India. The Valley lies northeast of Bandipora and from Srinagar the summer capital ...
References
Cities and towns in Kupwara district
Tehsils of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
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