Bandipore
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Bandipore () or Bandipora ( ; ) is the headquarters of district of Bandipore in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in disputed Kashmir region. It is located on the northern banks of Wullar Lake—the second-largest freshwater lake in Asia. From baramulla the gateway of bandipora is Kehnusa where bando Bandipora the distanceis 15
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bandipore
- Settlement.native_name
- Bandüpūr
- Settlement.other_name
- Bandipora
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Jammu and Kashmir#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jammu and Kashmir
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bandipora
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 13.40
- Settlement.population_total
- 37,081
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Bandüpūryuk, Bandipori, Bandiporiya, Bandipuri, Bandipuria
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Bandipore () or Bandipora ( ; ) is the headquarters of district of Bandipore in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in disputed Kashmir region. It is located on the northern banks of Wullar Lake—the second-largest freshwater lake in Asia. From baramulla the gateway of bandipora is Kehnusa where bando Bandipora the distanceis 15
==History== In 1963, the town of Bandipore was gutted by a fire, which destroyed hundreds of shops and houses. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, ex-Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, visited the town soon after the fire and said that the fire took place at the wrong time.
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