Zainapora

Zainapora is a town in Shopian district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is also known as land of springs because of its countless springs. Zainapora is located 19 km (12 mi) from district headquarter Shopian, 4 km (2.5 mi) from Aglar and 63 km (39 mi) from the capital Srinagar.[1][2]

Zainapora زینہ پورہ
Town
Zainapora
Zainapora Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates: 33.7763°N 75.0055°E
Country	India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Shopian
Elevation	1,594 m (5,230 ft)
Languages
• Official language	Urdu and English
• Spoken Language	Kashmiri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	192303
Telephone code	01933
Vehicle registration	JK22
Website	http://shopian.nic.in

The town is famous for the horticulture department which has second largest orchards under cultivation in Asia. [3]

History

The town got its name from the great medieval period king Zain-ul-Abidin, who used to visit a sufi saint living in the town.[4]

Demographics

The town had a population of 1739 as per the data released by 2011 Census of India. The average sex ratio of Zainapora is 961.

Zainapora has a higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. As per 2011 census, the literacy rate of Zainapora was 70.01%.[5]

Education

• Government Higher Secondary School Zainapora
• Government Degree College Zainapora
• NIPS zainapora
• Government High School Aglar
• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Aglar District Shopian
• Al Fallah English Medium School Aglar

Transport

Zainapora is connected with Shopian, Pulwama via Aglar and Anantnag. The nearest railway station to Zainapora is Bijbehara railway station.

Healthcare

Zainapora has a Sub-district hospital and several other government health care centres in adjoining areas of the sub district. [6] [7]

See also

• Aglar
• Litter
• Wachi
• Chitragam
• Anantnag
• Bijbehara
• Pulwama
• Awantipora
• Srinagar
• Shopian

References

1. "tehsils". shopian.nic.in.
2. "Advanced Centre for Horticulture Development Zainapora at a glance". hortikashmir.gov.in.
3. "Director Horticulture Kashmir visits Shopian; distributes fruit trees saplings". jammulinkssnews.com.
4. Hassan, Aakash (2017). "Zainapora, Budshah's southern shelter". kashmirlife.net.
5. "Zaina Pora Population, Caste, Working Data Shupiyan, Jammu and Kashmir - Census 2011". censusindia.co.in.
6. "government sub district hospital Zainapora".
7. "Govt hospitals in Shopian district ill-equipped to deal with dog bite cases". thekashmirimages.com.