Pampore Explained
| Pampore |
| Native Name: | Pampar, Panpar |
| Native Name Lang: | ks |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Nickname: | Saffron City |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Coordinates: | 34.02°N 74.93°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kashmir |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pulwama |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 1573 |
| Population Total: | 21680 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Pampori, Pamporiya, Pampari, Panpari, Panpariya |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1] [2] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 192121 |
Pampore (in Urdu pronounced as /pɑ̃ːpoːɾ/), known as Pampar[3] (pronounced as /ks/) or Panpar (pronounced as /ks/) in Kashmiri, is a historical town situated on the eastern side of the Jhelum River on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway. It was known as Padmapura in antiquity.[4] Pampore is about 11km (07miles) away from Srinagar city centre Lal Chowk. It is primarily known for its cultivation of saffron.
Etymology
Pampore was originally called Padmapura.[5]
Geography
Pampore is located at .[6]
Prehistory
At the Galander site near Pampore, remains of the large extinct elephant Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus[7] were found associated with stone tools produced by archaic humans, with the elephant bones suggested to display deliberate fracturing via stone tool hammering. The site is suggested to date to around 400,000-300,000 years ago.[8]
Economy
Pampore is known for its cultivation of saffron, with the broader region around Pampore being responsible for 90% of India's saffron crop, though production as of 2023 has declined due to higher temperatures and erratic rainfall.[9]
Demographics
As of the 2011 Indian census,[10] Pampore tehsil had a population of 60,613. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pampore has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy. As of 2011, Pampore town had a population of 21,680, males being 11,007 (51%) and females 10,673 (49%).[11]
Politics
Pampore is an Assembly Constituency in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 . The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020 . 27 September 2020.
- News: Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 . Rising Kashmir . 23 September 2020 . 30 May 2021 . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 . dead .
- Book: Kashir Encyclopedia. Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts Culture and Languages. 1986. 1. 86. ks.
- Book: Chib, Sukhdev Singh. Jammu and Kashmir. Light & Life Publishers. 1977. 60. The entire process of saffron growing, harvesting, picking and drying is done in Pampore, which was known as Padmapura in ancient times. India is the second largest producer of Saffron in the world after Spain.
- Book: Chib, Sukhdev Singh . Jammu and Kashmir . 1977 . Light & Life Publishers . 60. The entire process of saffron growing, harvesting, picking and drying is done in Pampore, which was known as Padmapura in ancient times. India is the second largest producer of Saffron in the world after Iran and Spain.
- Web site: Maps, Weather, and Airports for Pampur, India. Faiingrain.com. 25 March 2017.
- Jukar . Advait M. . Bhat . Ghulam . Parfitt . Simon . Ashton . Nick . Dickinson . Marc . Zhang . Hanwen . Dar . A. M. . Lone . M. S. . Thusu . Bindra . Craig . Jonathan . 2024-10-11 . A remarkable Palaeoloxodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) skull from the intermontane Kashmir Valley, India . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . en . 10.1080/02724634.2024.2396821 . 0272-4634.
- Bhat . Ghulam M. . Ashton . Nick . Parfitt . Simon . Jukar . Advait . Dickinson . Marc R. . Thusu . Bindra . Craig . Jonathan . October 2024 . Human exploitation of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon) in Middle Pleistocene deposits at Pampore, Kashmir, India . Quaternary Science Reviews . en . 342 . 108894 . 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108894 . free.
- News: 2023-11-30 . 'Red gold': Why saffron production is dwindling in India . 2024-09-02 . BBC News . en-GB.
- Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
- Web site: Pampora, Municipal Committee, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir city population | Population of India . 2014-06-01 . dead . https://archive.today/20140601044017/http://ourhero.in/population/cities/pampora-800022/ . 2014-06-01 .
