Frisal

Frisal
City
Frisal Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India Show map of Jammu and Kashmir Frisal Frisal (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 33°52′N75°16′E / 33.86°N 75.27°E / 33.86; 75.27
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kulgam
Elevation	1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,132
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English [1] [2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Frisal is a tehsil and CD block in the district of Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. ^[3] It is 14 km from District Headquarters Kulgam and 6 km from NH44 Bijbehara (Jablipora Fruit mandi, Emergency Runway Junction), situated on Bijbehara, Arwani-Frisal-Kulgam road. Its boundaries connect three districts of South Kashmir (Anantnag, Kulgam, and Shopian). Frisal is the second largest town in Kulgam.

Economy

The main sources of income of this tehsil are agriculture, horticulture, business, and government. Frisal is average economically and educationally.

Tehsil offices include the Block office, JK Bank, Punjab National Bank, social welfare office, and Model Hospital, Modal Higher Secondary, Degree college and police station

Education

The town offers one Govt. Degree college, one higher secondary school, five high schools and several lower educational institutions.

Geography

Many springs in Frisal lead it to be known as a town of springs.

Demographics

As of 2011 ^[update] India census, Frisal had a population of 5,132. ^[4] The population later grew to over 8000.^{[ citation needed ]}

Religion in Frisal
Religion			Percent
Islam			99.18%
Hinduism			0.53%

References

1. "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
3. "Village & Panchayats | District Kulgam, Government of Jammu and Kashmir,Picturesque place nestling on the bank of river Veshaw | India" . Retrieved 16 May 2021.
4. "Frisal Municipal Committee City Population Census 2011-2019". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 19 May 2019.