Arizal, Jammu and Kashmir

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Arizal
ٲرٕزال
Village
Arizal
Arizal, Budgam.jpg
Country India
Union territoryJammu and Kashmir
DistrictBudgam
TehsilKhansahib
Founded byNot known
Named forRivers
Government
 • TypePanchayat House Arizal
 • BodyPanchayat samiti
Area
 • Total133 ha (329 acres)
Elevation
1,668 m (5,472 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,715
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Demonym(s)English : Arizalian

Urdu: آريزال کے

Kashmiri: ٲرٕزالٕکۍ
Languages
 • OfficialKashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, English[1][2]
 • SpokenPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
193411
Vehicle registrationJK04
ReligionIslam
Sex Ratio841 ♀/ 874 ♂
EthnicityKashmiris

Arizal (Urdu: أريزال‎, Kashmiri: ٲرٕزال) is a village in Budgam district in Indian Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated at the base of the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, in the Sukhnag Valley. It falls under the administrative division of tehsil Khansahib, which is one of the nine tehsils of district Budgam. It lies at a distance of about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the district headquarters Budgam, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the sub-district headquarters Khansahib, and 45 kilometres (28 mi) away from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.[3]

At the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,715.[4]

Demographics[]

Population[]

As of 2011 census, the population of Arizal is 17,15 of which 874 (51%) are males while the remaining 841 (49%) are females and a total number of 467 children (217 boys and 250 girls) below 6 years as per the report. There are about 252 houses in Arizal village.[citation needed]

Population (%)
Population
Males
 
 51%
Females
 
 49%
Distribution of Population[citation needed]

Religion[]

Religions
Religion
Islam
 
 100%
Others
 
 0%
Distribution of Population on Religion[citation needed]
Sects of Islam
Sects of Islam
Sunni
 
 100%
Others
 
 0%
Distribution of Sects on Religion[citation needed]

People in all the hamlets of Arizal follow Islam and the whole of the population of Arizal belong to Sunni sect of Islam. Most of the people of the village follows the Hanafi School Of Thought. However Rising Tendency towards Salafi School Of Thought[4] Can't be Underestimated. Religious education is imparted through Madrasas either early in the morning or in the evening time.[citation needed] Ghulam Ali Malik is the Imam (Religious head) of the village.

Jami'ah Masjid Arizal

See also[]

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. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Arizal village, Budgam (ANI)". timesofindia.com.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b District Census Handbook: Badgam (PDF) (Report). p. 118.

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