Ratnipora | |
Other Name: | Ratanpur |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Coordinates: | 33.921°N 74.943°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Pulwama |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 12 |
Elevation M: | 1588 |
Population Total: | 5250 |
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 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 192304 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 01933 |
Registration Plate: | JK13 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Ratnipora (Ratanpur) is a village in the Pulwama district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated equally distant from three towns, Awantipora, Pulwama and Pampore. The name Ratnipora is a combination of two words, "Ratan" meaning jewel, and "Pur" meaning place.
Ratnipora has an above-average literacy rate for the region, which, as per the 2011 Census, is 71.44% compared to 67.16% for Jammu and Kashmir. In Ratnipora male literacy stands at 82.46% while the female literacy rate was 60.42%. Ratnipora has a very high number of residents who have completed higher education. The people mainly rely on government jobs, but agriculture is also practiced by one-third of the population.
While there are five Jamia Masjids, there are more than 50 small Masjids and a Hindu temple. Ratnipora was also inhabited by thirty Hindu (Kashmiri Pandit) households who lived in perfect harmony with their Muslim neighbours but had to leave their homes & hearths in the year 1990 due to disturbed situation in Kashmir valley.
Ratnipora was inhabited on the banks of trout stream namely "Naalaye Laar" and there are four bridges connecting the two parts. To the Northwest flows a river called Romush coming from Pahoo while to the Southwest flows a stream namely "Bren Kuol" coming from Puchhal, and all the three streams meet Jehlum in the southern outskirts of Ratnipora.Recently a railway halt station is to be operational from 8th may 2023.