Awantipora
Awantipora
Woontpor Avantipur, Awantipur, Aavantipur | |
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Town | |
| Awantipora | |
Remains of Avantiswami Temple | |
| Coordinates: 33°55′24″N 75°00′46″E / 33.9232602°N 75.012846°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Pulwama |
| Named after | Raja Avantivarman |
| Elevation | 1,582 m (5,190 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,647 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 192122 |
| Telephone code | 01933 |
| Vehicle registration | JK13 |
| Sex ratio | ♂/♀ |
| Website | pulwama |
Awantipora (Urdu pronunciation: [əʋənt̪iːpoːɾɑː]) or Avantipur or Aavantipur, known as Woontpor (Kashmiri pronunciation: [ʋũːtʲpoːr]) in Kashmiri, is a town, just opposite of Pulwama city, on the banks of the river Jhelum in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
It is on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway (now called the NH 44), south of Srinagar and north of Anantnag. Awantipora is a subdistrict of Pulwama district.