Frisal | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Coordinates: | 33.86°N 75.27°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kulgam |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 1600 |
Population Total: | 5,132 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1] [2] |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Frisal is a tehsil and CD block in the district of Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India.[3] It is 14kms far from District Headquarter Kulgam and 6 kms away 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 2nd largest town as per population in district Kulgam. The main source of income of this tehsil is agriculture, horticulture, business, and government jobs. There are many springs in town Frisal and is known as town of springs in district Kulgam. Frisal town is economically average and educationally well. Presently there are offices like Tehsil office, Block office, JK Bank, Punjab National Bank, social welfare office, Model Hospital (not functional yet), Govt. Degree college, one higher secondary, 5 high schools and several lower educational institutions.
Frisal is located at 33.75°N 75.02°W. It has an average elevation of .
India census, Frisal had a population of 5,132.[4] The present population is over 8000.