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  Lar Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India Show map of Jammu and Kashmir Lar Lar (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:34°15′43″N74°45′18″E / 34.262°N 74.755°E /34.262; 74.755 | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Ganderbal |
| Elevation | 1,650 m (5,410 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 50,491 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri,Urdu,Hindi,Dogri,English[1][2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 191131 |
| Telephone code | 1942419 |
| Vehicle registration | JK16 |
| Sex ratio | 951♂/♀ |
Lar is a town andcouncil district in theGanderbal district of central Kashmir, inJammu and Kashmir,India. It is a relatively newly establishedtehsil, carved out of theGanderbal tehsil. It is situated 25 km from the heart of the summer capital,Srinagar, on National Highway (NH 1D) between the foothills of theHimalayan mountains in the north and the picturesqueZabarwan Hills in the south. TheSind River, a major tributary to theJehlum River flows through Lar. The famousManasbal Lake lies a few kilometres away from the town centre.
Lar is located34°15′43″N74°45′18″E / 34.262°N 74.755°E /34.262; 74.755.[3] 6 km north ofGanderbal town and 25 km from theSrinagar center, at an average elevation of 1,650 metres (5,410 ft). The famousSonamarg hill station is at a distance of 60 km from here. TheSind River, a major tributary of theJehlum River flows through Lar. The sand (bajri) of this river has a great value and is highly regarded for its quality. Lar produces the world class grape varieties like Hussaini- imported fromIran, Sahibi- imported fromHyderabad, Kishmish, Anabeshai and Ruby.
At the 2011 Indiacensus,[4] Lar had a population of 50,491 (males 52%, females 48%). The literacy rate was 59.99%, higher than the national average of 59.5%.[5]
Lar Town possesses all the typical characteristics of the climate of Kashmir Valley as a whole. In the heat of July, the breeze of theSind River is a welcome relief.Sir Walter Lawrence writes in his book,The Valley of Kashmir, that in latitude, Kashmir corresponds with Peshawar, Baghdad and Damascus in Asia: with Fez in Morocco: and South Carolina in America, but it presents none of the characteristics of those countries. People have linked the climate of Kashmir to that of Switzerland until the end of May, and of Southern France in July and August. But it is impossible to speak of Kashmir as possessing any one climate or group of characteristics. Every hundred feet of elevation brings some new phase of climate and of vegetation.
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