| Narbal | |
| Other Name: | The Gateway of Gulmarg |
| Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India (Indian Administrated J&K) |
| Coordinates: | 34.1187°N 74.6728°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India (Indian Administrated J&K) |
| Subdivision Type1: | Union territory |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Subdivision Name2: | Budgam |
| Government Type: | State Government |
| Governing Body: | Government of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 33 |
| Population Total: | 41059 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1245 |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, English[1] [2] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 193401 |
| Area Code: | 1951 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Narbal is a tehsil, block and a town in central Kashmir's Budgam district in the Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir. It is known as the Gateway of Gulmarg as it is the first town on the road of famous hill station Gulmarg .Narbal is 31Km away from district headquarter Budgam and away from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.[3] [4] . Narbal is known for a famous Islamic Scholar Syed Amir-ud-Din
As per government records, the block number of Narbal is 14. The block has 51 villages and there are a total of 11,343 homes in this block.. It is also tehsil since 2014. It is located west of Srinagar's City Centre Lalchowk and North of district headquarter Budgam.It is surrounded by Beerwah and Magam tehsils towards the south-west and west, Pattan tehsil towards the North and Srinagar's Shalteng towards the East. Srinagar, Magam and Budgam are the nearby cities or towns. River Sukhnag, which originates in Tosamaidan, passes through the town and is the major source of water in the area.[5] There is a Sufi Ziyarat of Syed Mohammad Soliah Bukhari R.A near Narbal Main Stop.Narbal is known for the beautiful playground where people from adjacent areas are seen playing cricket, football, and other sports.
Mazhom railway station is the nearby railway station located six kilometres from Narbal. Srinagar International Airport is located around from here.
The count of employed people of Narbal block is 24,513, yet 62,953 are un-employed. And out of 24,513 employed people, 3,871 persons are fully reliant on farming. Although a vast majority of population is involved with agricultural activities (rice and vegetable farming) in one way or other, it is not the major source of income in Narbal. People obtain livelihood either from government jobs, daily skilled as well as unskilled labour activities etc. Private sector jobs are rare.
Mohalla Moulvi Sahib[6] is a housing colony in Narbal. It is named after an Islamic scholar Syed Amir ud din[7] known as Moulvi Sahib in district Budgam. It is located on the left side of Narbal Gulmarg Road.
Other colonies include
Syed Mohalla, Arifeen Colony Sector 1, 2 and 3, New Colony, Alamdaar Colony