Awantipora
Town in Jammu and Kashmir, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Awantipora (Urdu pronunciation: [əʋəntiːpoːraː]) or Avantipur[3] or Aavantipur,[4] known as Woontpor[5] (Kashmiri pronunciation: [wũːtʲpoːr]) in Kashmiri, is a town, just opposite of Pulwama city, on the banks of the river Jhelum in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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Awantipora
Woontpor Avantipur, Awantipur, Aavantipur | |
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Awantipora | |
Coordinates: 33.9232602°N 75.012846°E / 33.9232602; 75.012846 | |
Country | India |
Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
District | Pulwama |
Named for | Raja Avantivarman |
Elevation | 1,582 m (5,190 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,647 |
Languages | |
• Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1][2] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 192122 |
Telephone code | 01933 |
Vehicle registration | JK13 |
Sex ratio | ♂/♀ |
Website | pulwama |
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It is on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway (now called the NH 44), south of Srinagar and north of Anantnag. Awantipora is a subdistrict of Pulwama district.[6]