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Zaingair is a group of villages in the Sopore constituency of
Zaingair is a group of villages in the Sopore constituency of Baramulla district
Baramulla district (or Varmul, in Kashmiri) is one of the 20 districts in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of ...
, Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* 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
* Jammu and Kashmir (prin ...
. It is the largest area in Sopore
Sopore ( ; ) is a city in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is north-west of Srinagar, and north-east of Baramulla.
Sopore is one of the largest subdivisions in Jammu and Kashmir, consisting of seven tehsils an ...
. It comprises about 38 villages spread over three 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 ...
s of Sopore.
The main villages comprising Zaingair are Hathlangoo ''Warpora'',''Janwara'', ''Malmapanpora'', ''Malpora'', ''Boyingoo'', Watlab, ''Tujar'', ''Bomai'', ''Logripora'', ''Goripora'', ''Saidpora'', ''Dooru'','' Dangarpora'', ''Brath'', ''sempora'' ''Wadoora'', ''Seelo'', and Zaloora.
Apple business is the main source of livelihood of the people in Zangair. There are numerous educational institutions located in Zangair. Agriculture University is also located in Wadoora Sopore.
Zangair belt of Sopore has long been a separatist stronghold.
Recently, Govt cut Sopore constituency by half by bifurcating the Zangair belt and merging more than half of it with Rafiabad Constituency leading to dissent and anguish among local populace, as merging vital belt of Sopore with nearby Rafiabad sans all logic and depicts unravelling and disintegrating of Constituencies mere for political benefits.
See also
*Gulmarg
Gulmarg (), known as Gulmarag (; in Kashmiri language, Kashmiri), is a town, hill station, tourist destination, skiing destination, and a notified area committee in the Baramulla district of the northern Kashmir Valley of the Indian union terri ...
References
External links
*http://wikimapia.org/11758402/zaingair-canal Villages in Baramulla district Tehsils of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) {{JammuKashmir-geo-stub