Ratnipora

Ratnipora Ratanpur
town
Ratnipora Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India Ratnipora Ratnipora (India)
Coordinates: 33.921°N 74.943°E / 33.921; 74.943
Country	India
Union territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Pulwama
Area
• Total	12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation	1,588 m (5,210 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,250
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	192304
Telephone code	01933
Vehicle registration	JK13
Sex ratio	♂/♀
Website	pulwama.nic.in

Ratnipora (Ratanpur), is a village in the Pulwama district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, 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 adequate market facilities comparable to towns in Kashmir.

Education

Ratnipora is known for its education and its literacy rate, as per Census 2011, is 71.44% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ratnipora male literacy stands at 82.46% while female literacy rate was 60.42% Ratnipora has a very high number of graduate, post-graduate, doctorate and post-doctorate people. It is home to some of the most prominent poets and educationists of the Kashmir Valley. The people mainly rely on government jobs, but agriculture is also practiced by one-third of the population.

Ratnipora has been historically important for its contribution to education and poetry having produced notable people like Syed Shamas ud Din Gamgeen Andrabi, Ghulam Rasool Mir Sahab, Syed Ghulam Rasool Gayoor, Syed Jala-ud-Din Aijaz, Syed Mohi-ud-Din Nawaz, Syed Mohammad Yaseen Makhfi , Assadullah Mir Sahab and scores more. It is fondly called as the "Land of Poets". Sheikh Umar can be ascribed a great contribution in educating the current late septuageneraian and octagenaraian muslim men. He taught Qur'an. Among young generation literary icons, there are many talented people who made this village proud. Syed Shakeel Andrabi (shaan) is a young writer, poet, singer and a noted broadcaster. Mohammad Hussain Zaffar is another name in the field of broadcasting.

Religious info

While there are five Jamia Masjids, there are more than 30 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.

Potamology

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 southern outskirts of Ratnipora. Recently a railway halt station has been sanctioned to Ratnipora and its construction is under process.