Tral


Tral is a town, sub-district and a notified area committee in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir which is situated 11 kms from NH1 Awantipora. Tral is situated around 40 kms from summer capital Srinagar and 20 kms from district headquarters Pulwama. Tral is the largest area committee in Pulwama district after Pulwama followed by Awantipora and Pampore sub-districts.

History

represents an important site in the area, near the town of Tral. Gufkral is located at Banmir village in Hurdumir area of Tral, 5 kms from the sub district headquarter. The village falls between two nallahs on an extensive deposit of Karewa where people used to live in ancient times.

Geography

Tral is located at. It has an average elevation of 1662 metres and is 110 km².

Villages

India census, Tral had a population of 17,844 with 9,944 males constituting 55.7% of the population and 7,900 females constituting 44.3% of the population.

Religion

According to the 2011 census, Islam is practised by about 88.84% of the population, while 10.18% follow Hinduism and 0.60% follow Sikhism.

Security situation

Tral is considered a major volatile area in Jammu & Kashmir and a militancy hotbed. Burhan Muzaffar Wani, former commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, hailed from Tral. Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Bhat, successor of Burhan Wani hailing from Ratsuna Tral was also killed in Soimoh Tral, by Indian security forces sparking days of unrest. Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind is also believed to be operated from Tral as its founder and chief Zakir Musa hails from Noorpora village of Tral Town.

Tral Wildlife Sanctuary

On 26 October 2019, the government declared a new breeding ground for endangered Kashmiri stag Hangul) in Tral area. It was named as Tral Wildlife Sanctuary spread over 154.15 sq. kms which came into being by merging Paner-Shikargah forest area in Tral and Overa Aru Wildlife Sanctuary in Pahalgam.