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Brief Industrial Profile of Pulwama District

1. General Characteristics of the District

District Pulwama came into being in the year 1979 in the larger interests of

maintenance of law and order, closer supervision, more effective control and

above all to ensure balanced development of the area. The district is also called

Rice Bowl of Kashmir for maximum production of rice grains in the J & K state.

Pulwama is often called the 'Anand of Kashmir' or 'Dudha-Kul of Kashmir' on

account of its high milk production. Pulwama is one of the pretty spots on the

earth, because of its congenial climate, streams, water falls, fragrant flowers

delicious fruits , innumerable springs and other natural sceneries. Apart from

above there are some historiocal places & monuments in pulwama district viz

a viz The Avantishwar Temple.The Payer Temple

Asar Sharief Pinjoora, etc .

Agriculture is the main activity of this district. There are number of large/medium

industries existing in the district e.g. play Board Industries- Pampore, Govt.

Cement Factory Woyan, Joinery Mill-Pampore, Brick and Tile Factory Pampore,

Govt. Cement Factory-Khrew. Small Scale Industrial units which are generally

skill based-oriented like Food based, wood based and Artisan type etc & the

major c rops of pulwama district ar e Rice/Paddy, Wheat, Maize, Vegetable &

Fruits, Oil Seeds, saffron & milk are the main crops of this district.

1.1 Location & Geographical Area.

Pulwama being a part of the beautiful valley is bounded by SRINAGAR in the North by

BUDGAM and POONCH Districts the west and by ANANTNAG Districts in the South

and East. The district is surrounded by Hilly terrains , which are 2000 Mtrs. above sea

level. As per altitude from sea level the district can be divided into three zones i.e. zone

Ist falls upto the level of 1700 meters. zone 2nd falls between 1700 to 2000 mtrs. And

zone 3rd above 2000 mtrs. Zone Ist covers the entire area of tehsil Pulwama, Pampore and

a portion of Tehsil Tral. Zone 2nd major portion of Tehsil Tral is falling under this zone.

Forests with extending upto alpine height fall in zone 3rd with a number of meadows. The

river Jehlum passes through this district from Anantnag to Srinagar. The water of river

Jehlum, ,a navigated channel is utilized for irrigation purposes through lift irrigation

system. The maximum rainfall as recorded in district during the schedule year 1998 was

772.30 mm at per station Pulwama . Most of the higher reaches in tehsil Tral

experience early snowfall in winters.. Pulwama District is bounded by Srinagar in

the North side , Budgam & Poonch in the west side and Ananthnag in the south

side.

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1.2 Topography

The total area of the district is 1090 Sq. Kms. District Pulwama is situated at an

altitude of 1500 to 2000 meters above mean sea level . The district lies between

35-55' and 34-15 north latitude , 35-15' east longitude.The climate in the district

is temperate with mercury going 30o C in summer and below freezing point in

winter.The district experiences rainfall during the winter and early summer from

western disturbances & monsoon rains from July onwards. The district has met

with severe drought since a couple of last years also. Pulwama district covers the

1,398 km² area

1.3 Availability of Minerals.

PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones

2010-2011

MAJOR MINERAL

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MINOR

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SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY 3

1.3 FOREST

The area under Forests in the district is 1083.25 Sq.Kms. including an area of

273.25 Sq.Kms. falling under WILD LIFE. Out turn of timber contributes a major

share in the economy of the State. The major commercial species which are

grown in these forests are DEODAR, KAIL, and FUR. Besides medicinal Herbs

are also available there. Forests are claimed to be t he GREEN GOLD of the

State, which not only provide timber for construction purpose but also fuel and

protection to the Wild Life. The forest department has extracted 66.38 lakh cfts

of fur & kail wood as on year 2000

1.4 Administrative set up.

There are four tehsils ,five blocks , four asssembly constituencies, four towns &

seven tourist places in pulwama district

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No

Constituencies Tehsils Blocks Cities &

Towns

Tourist

Places

1 Pulwama Pulwama Pulwama Pulwama Aripal Nagh

2 Tral Pampore Tral Tral kungwattan

3 Pampore Tral keller Pampore Aharbal

water fall

4 Rajpora Awantipora Pampore Aripal Nagh Tarsar &

Marsar

5 - - Kakpora - Nagberan

6 - - - - Shikargah

7 - - - - Hurpura

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