Why visit Kulgam
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks, 5 parks and trails, 1 place to eat, 3 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Government Degree College, Kelam and EidGah.
Weather in Kulgam
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About Kulgam
Kulgam (Urdu pronunciation: [kʊlɡɑːm]), known as Kolgom (Kashmiri pronunciation: [kɔlɡoːm]) in Kashmiri, is a town, the administrative headquarters of Kulgam district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a region disputed between India and Pakistan. It is located approximately 67 km (42 mi) from the summer capital, Srinagar. Kulgam district was carved out from the erstwhile Anantnag district on 2 April 2007. The town is divided into 16 electoral wards and had a population of 23,584 as of the 2011 census, of which 12,605 were male and 10,979 female.
From the Wikipedia article Kulgam (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Government Degree College, Kelam
School · 5.7 km
College in Kulgam, J&K
Museums and landmarks3
Parks, trails and playgrounds5
Restaurants and cafes1
Where to stay3
Churches and places of worship12
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries8
Healthcare20
Map of Kulgam
57 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport (SXR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 45 km away.
- Patha Deōsar 5 km east, about 5 min by car
- Mehmood Pora 5 km northwest, about 5 min by car
- Ashmuji Khalsa 6 km northeast, about 6 min by car
- Yāripur 9 km north, about 9 min by car
- Quimoh 11 km northeast, about 11 min by car
- Qāzigund 11 km east, about 11 min by car
- Prisal 13 km north, about 13 min by car
- Anantnag 16 km northeast, about 16 min by car
- Pulwama 28 km northwest, about 28 min by car
- Srinagar 53 km north, about 53 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- GDC KILAM, KULGAM 192231JAMMU AND KASHMIR, Muhammad txwfeq, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gdc kilam, 511KeV, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Environmental Park, Aergotun Kulgom, Springandautumn, CC0
- ISS015-E-13119 - View of India, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS035-E-5654 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Village zeipora, Kashmiri wiki editor, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Zakir, SALlM BlN YOUSUF, CC0
- Masjid-Bilal-Pariwan, SALlM BlN YOUSUF, CC0
- Darisgah Jamia Farooqia, SALlM BlN YOUSUF, CC0
- Human Eye 2, Koshur, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Grapes in bowl, Koshur, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Indian Bush Cricket (Sathrophyllia rugosa), Koshur, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Close-Up Short of Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) Needles, Koshur, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Snowfall 2024 kashmir, Koshur, CC0
- Double Rainbow Over the Fields, Koshur, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS015-E-13120 - View of India, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Landscape of Bona Nambal, Kashmir, Koshur, CC BY-SA 4.0
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