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Sumbal, India

Sumbal is a town of 15,041 people in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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Population15,041 GeoNames
Elevation1,557 m 5,108 ft
Time zoneAsia/Kolkata
Nearest airportSheikh ul-Alam International Airport (SXR) 29 km

About Sumbal

Sumbal is a town and a notified area committee in the Bandipora district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Sumbal is 19 kilometres away from Srinagar (the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir). The surrounding parts of sumbal consist of many villages like Nowgam, shadipora, Shahtulpora, Shilwat, Shiganpora, Inderkote. This area has one of the significant Shia population in Kashmir.

From the Wikipedia article Sumbal, Jammu and Kashmir (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport (SXR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 29 km away.

  • Asham 3 km northwest, about 3 min by car
  • Safāpūr 4 km northeast, about 4 min by car
  • Hājan 8 km north, about 8 min by car
  • Takan Wari Pora 10 km southeast, about 10 min by car
  • Pattan 11 km southwest, about 11 min by car
  • Ganderbal 12 km east, about 12 min by car
  • Hāmre 13 km west, about 13 min by car
  • Wail 15 km east, about 15 min by car
  • Srinagar 22 km southeast, about 22 min by car
  • Anantnag 73 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car

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