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	Anantnag District possesses all the typical characteristics of the climate of Kashmir Valley as a whole. "In his introduction to the ''Rajtarangini Kulan'' or ''Kalhána'', Pandit says about the climate of Valley: 'It is a country where the sun shines mildly, being the place created by Kashayapa as if for his glory. High school-houses, the saffron, iced water and grapes, which are rare even in heaven, are common here. Kailasa is the best place in the three worlds, Himalaya the best part of Kailásá, and Kashmir the best place in Himalaya.'"<ref name=Lawrence-p13>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqAHweWRUs0C&q=Rajtarangini+Kulan&pg=PA13 \|page=13 \|title=The Valley of Kashmir \|first1=Walter Roper \|last1=Lawrence \|author-link=Walter Roper Lawrence \|isbn=978-8120616301 \|date=1895}}</ref><ref name=indiaonapage-Anantnag/>		Anantnag District possesses all the typical characteristics of the climate of Kashmir Valley as a whole. "In his introduction to the ''Rajtarangini Kulan'' or ''Kalhána'', Pandit says about the climate of Valley: 'It is a country where the sun shines mildly, being the place created by Kashayapa as if for his glory. High school-houses, the saffron, iced water and grapes, which are rare even in heaven, are common here. Kailasa is the best place in the three worlds, Himalaya the best part of Kailásá, and Kashmir the best place in Himalaya.'"<ref name=Lawrence-p13>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqAHweWRUs0C&q=Rajtarangini+Kulan&pg=PA13 \|page=13 \|title=The Valley of Kashmir \|first1=Walter Roper \|last1=Lawrence \|author-link=Walter Roper Lawrence \|isbn=978-8120616301 \|date=1895}}</ref><ref name=indiaonapage-Anantnag/>

	"[[Walter Roper Lawrence\|Sir Walter Lawrence]] writes in his book ''The Valley of Kashmir'' that in latitude Kashmir corresponds with Peshawar, Baghdad and Damascus in Asia: with Fez in Morocco: and South Carolina in America, but it presents none of the characteristics of those countries. People have linked the climate of Kashmir to that of Switzerland until the end of May, and of Southern France in July and August. But it is impossible to speak of Kashmir as possessing any one climate or group of characteristics. Every hundred feet of elevation brings some new phase of climate and of vegetation."<ref name=indiaonapage-Anantnag>{{cite web \| url=http://www.indiaonapage.com/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Anantnag/general-info.html \| title=Anantnag district General information \| publisher=India on a Page \| access-date=18 April 2018 }}</ref~~><ref name=Lawrence-p13/~~>		"[[Walter Roper Lawrence\|Sir Walter Lawrence]] writes in his book ''The Valley of Kashmir'' that in latitude Kashmir corresponds with Peshawar, Baghdad and Damascus in Asia: with Fez in Morocco: and South Carolina in America, but it presents none of the characteristics of those countries. People have linked the climate of Kashmir to that of Switzerland until the end of May, and of Southern France in July and August. But it is impossible to speak of Kashmir as possessing any one climate or group of characteristics. Every hundred feet of elevation brings some new phase of climate and of vegetation."<ref name=Lawrence-p13/><ref name=indiaonapage-Anantnag>{{cite web \| url=http://www.indiaonapage.com/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Anantnag/general-info.html \| title=Anantnag district General information \| publisher=India on a Page \| access-date=18 April 2018 }}</ref>

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Anantnag}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Anantnag district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.svg
| map_caption = Location of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir
| coordinates = {{coord|33.73|75.15|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint = Anantnag
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kashmir Division]]
| established_title = Established
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Anantnag|Anantnag city]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = * [[Anantnag]]
* [[Bijbehara]]
* [[Doru Shahabad]]
* [[Kokernag]]
* [[Pahalgam]]
* [[Shangus]].<ref name=Tehsils2011>{{Cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.co.in/subdistricts/tehsil-anantnag-district-jammu-and-kashmir-14|title=Tehsils in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir - Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 3,574
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,078,692
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 62.69%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 927<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.co.in/district/anantnag-district-jammu-and-kashmir-14|title=Anantnag District Population, Caste, Religion Data (Jammu and Kashmir) - Census 2011}}</ref>
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| demographics2_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
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| leader_name2 = 16
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = JK-03 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drivespark.com/rto-vehicle-registration-details/jammu-kashmir-jk-03/|title=Read more at: www.drivespark.com/rto-vehicle-registration-details/jammu-kashmir-jk-03/}}</ref>
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'''Anantnag''' is a [[district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is one of ten districts which make up the [[Kashmir Valley]]. The district headquarters is [[Anantnag]] city. As of 2011, it was the third most populous district of Jammu and Kashmir (out of [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|22]]), after [[Jammu district|Jammu]] and [[Srinagar district|Srinagar]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

==Administration==
At the time of the 2011 census, Anantnag district comprised: [[Anantnag]], [[Bijbehara]], [[Doru Shahabad|Dooru]], [[Kokernag]], [[Pahalgam]], and [[Shangus]] [[tehsil]]s.<ref name=Tehsils2011/> The district consisted of seven blocks: Breng, Shangus, [[Achabal]], [[Dachnipora]], [[Qazigund]], Khoveripora and Shahabad.<ref>{{cite report |url=http://jkrd.nic.in/listAllDistricts.pdf |title=Statement showing the number of blocks in respect of 22 Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State including newly Created Districts, as on 31-03-2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910092544/http://jkrd.nic.in/listAllDistricts.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2008|date=13 March 2008 |access-date=30 August 2008 |work=jkrd.nic.in}}</ref> Each block consists of a number of [[panchayat]]s such as [[Akingam]], [[Dialgam]], Vailoo etc. [[Jaipal Singh Law]] has been the head of the Anantnag district administration twice.

==Politics==
Anantnag District has 6 assembly constituencies: Anantnag, [[Doru Shahabad]], Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara and Pahalgam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/ERos_AERos.html |title=ERO's and AERO's |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=2008-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022185235/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/eros_aeros.html |archive-date=2008-10-22 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Anantnag district (2011)<ref name="census2011-C01"/>
|label1 = [[Islam]]
|value1 = 97.99
|color1 = Green
|label2 = [[Hinduism]]
|value2 = 1.22
|color2 = Orange
|label3 = [[Sikhism]]
|value3 = 0.57
|color3 = Yellow
|label4 = [[Christianity]]
|value4 = 0.13
|color4 = Blue
|label5 = [[Buddhism]]
|value5 = 0.01
|color5 = Gold
|label6 = Not stated
|value6 = 0.08
|color6 = Grey
}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Anantnag district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16"/>
|label1 = Gojri |value1 = 11.46 |color1 = Tomato
|label2 = Hindi |value2 = 0.58 |color2 = Yellow
|label3 = Pahari |value3 = 1.21 |color3 = Pink
|label4 = Kashmiri |value4 = 85.10 |color4 = LightGreen
|label5 = Punjabi |value5 = 0.55 |color5 = Purple
|label6 = Others |value6 = 1.10 |color6 = Black
}}

{{See also|List of cities in Jammu and Kashmir by population}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Anantnag district had a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,078,692,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Cyprus]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 2011-10-01 | quote =
Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|accessdate=2011-09-30
|quote=Rhode Island 1,052,567
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archivedate=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 425th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert|375|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 37.48%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Anantnag had a [[sex ratio]] of 927 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males<ref name=districtcensus/> (this varies with religion) and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 64.32%<ref name=districtcensus/> in 2011.

Anantnag city with population of 108,505 was the largest city in the district. Anantnag Urban Agglomeration had a population of 158,785.

{{bar box
|title=Sex Ratio in Anantnag District in 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C01"/> (no. females per 1,000 males)
|float=left
|width=360px
|left1=Religion (and population)
|right1=Sex Ratio
|bars=
{{bar pixel|Muslim (pop 1,057,005)|green|94.778||948 }}
{{bar pixel|Hindu (pop 13,180)|orange|9.742||97 }}
{{bar pixel|Sikh (pop 6,140)|yellow|67.760||678 }}
{{bar pixel|Other (pop 2,367)|grey|65.989||660 }}
{{bar pixel|Total (pop 1,078,692)|black|92.704||927 }}
}}

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! colspan=10 | Anantnag district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C01">{{cite report |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW01C-01%20MDDS.XLS |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
!|
!| Hindu
!| Muslim
!| Christian
!| Sikh
!| Buddhist
!| Jain
!| Other
!| Not stated
!| Total
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Total
|| 13,180 || 1,057,005 || 1,449 || 6,140 || 55 || 7 || 7 || 849 || 1,078,692
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
|| 1.22% || 97.99% || 0.13% || 0.57% || 0.01% || 0.00% || 0.00% || 0.08% || 100.00%
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Male
|| 12,010 || 542,671 || 845 || 3,660 || 35 || 4 || 3 || 539 || 559,767
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Female
|| 1,170 || 514,334 || 604 || 2,480 || 20 || 3 || 4 || 310 || 518,925
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Gender ratio (% female)
|| 8.9% || 48.7% || 41.7% || 40.4% || 36.4% || 42.9% || 57.1% || 36.5% || 48.1%
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males)
|| 97 || 948 || 715 || 678 || – || – || – || 575 || 927
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Urban
|| 8,399 || 272,573 || 504 || 1,149 || 34 || 4 || 1 || 223 || 282,887
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Rural
|| 4,781 || 784,432 || 945 || 4,991 || 21 || 3 || 6 || 626 || 795,805
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | % Urban
|| 63.7% || 25.8% || 34.8% || 18.7% || 61.8% || 57.1% || 14.3% || 26.3% || 26.2%
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! colspan=4| Anantnag district
: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16">{{cite report |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir |url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0100.XLSX |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=18 July 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! Mother tongue code
! Mother tongue
! People
! Percentage
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 001002 || [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 496
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.05%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 002007 || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 725
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.07%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 004001 || [[Dogri language|Dogri]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 855
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.08%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 005018 || [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 317
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.03%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006102 || [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 406
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.04%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006207 || [[Gojri language|Gojri/Gujjari/Gujar]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 123,606
| style="text-align:right;" | 11.46%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006240 || [[Hindi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,253
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.58%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006439 || [[Pahari language|Pahari]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,097
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.21%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006489 || [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 95
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 007016 || [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 251
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 008005 || [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 917,945
| style="text-align:right;" | 85.10%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 011016 || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 422
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.04%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 013071 || [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 729
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.07%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 014011 || [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 70
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 015043 || [[Odia language|Odia]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 245
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 016038 || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,883
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.55%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 020027 || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 429
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.04%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 021046 || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 567
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.05%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 022015 || [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,289
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.12%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 024001 || [[Pashto language|Afghani/Kabuli/Pashto]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,194
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.39%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 053005 || [[Gujari language|Gujari]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 255
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" | –
|| [[Languages of India|Others]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 563
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.05%
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class=sortbottom
| colspan=2 | Total
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,078,692
| style="text-align:right;" | 100.00%
|-
|}

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==Tourism==
{{guidebook|section=yes|date=March 2019}}
The district consists of a number of tourist places, including [[Verinag]], [[Achabal]], [[Kokernag]], [[Daksum]], [[Pahalgam]], Dandipora (under process), Chatabal, Martand and [[Sinthan top]]. Of these places, [[Pahalgam]] and [[Kokernag]] are just 50 km from Anantnag Town.

[[Amarnath Temple]], a Hindu shrine dedicated to Shiva, is located in Phalgam. It is the site of an annual pilgrimage, [[Amarnath yatra|Amarnath Yatra]].

===Historic sites and remains===
Anantnag, like the rest of the Kashmir Valley, has witnessed many vicissitudes and experienced many upheavals from time to time. [[Charles von Hügel]] found here some monuments of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] period in ruins when he visited Jammu and Kashmir in 1835. Also what must have once been magnificent architectural show pieces like the Martand complex of temples, or the temples of [[Lalitaditya]], the Emperor of Kashmir, and King [[Awantivarman]] at [[Awantipora]] (which lie midway between Srinagar and Anantnag), are now in grand ruins.

====Martand Sun Temple====
{{Main|Martand Sun Temple}}

The Martand temple is one of the important archaeological sites of the country.<ref>[http://www.kashmir-information.com/ConvertedKashmir/Chapter10.html CONVERTED KASHMIR: Memorial of Mistakes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918045129/http://www.kashmir-information.com/ConvertedKashmir/Chapter10.html |date=18 September 2011 }}. Kashmir-information.com.</ref> Its architecture reveals the glorious past of the area.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} After Independence, the government invested in the district.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} This temple has the typical Hindu structure as was present in Vedic Kashmir.

The Martand temple (coordinates {{coord|33.7456817|N|75.2203792|E|type:landmark|format=dms}}) is situated at Rambirpora Kehribal, nine kilometres east-north-east of Anantnag city.

This hill station is 45 km from the Anantnag and located on the banks of river Lidder at an altitude of 7200 ft. from sea level. Pahalgam is one among the five tehsils of Anantnag district and tehsil headquarters are located in the main town of Pahalgam. Once a great tourist puller and favourite place for shooting of Bollywood films is perhaps the best health resort in the country. Pahalgam also serves as base camp for the Amarnath Ji Yatra. The Pahalgam Valley presents glamorous look due to its pine forests, snow clad mountains, healthy climate and vast meadows and pastures. Pahalgam skirts Lidder river and torrential flow of water in Lidder river. Besides tourist huts, several hotels in private sector have come up here and these hotels provide modern facilities to their guests. A number of treks in this region also begin from Pahalgam, as the 35 km trail traverses through pinewoods to the spectacular Kolahoi Glacier.

The Village of nomad is un-spoilt by the ravages of progress. This place is an angler's delight and even an amateur can catch a rainbow trout from the rushing streams. The large brown bear is a natural inhabitant of the thick Pine and Cedar forests. Pahalgam has a golf course at 2400 meters above the sea level. Camping equipment, ponies and skiing equipment is available. Kolahoi is a destination via Aru.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}
Around Pahalgam are many places of interest, and because the resort is set between fairly steep hills, it is worth hiring a pony rather than walking. Pony fares are posted at prominent locations.

One of these is the huge, undulating meadow of Baisaran, surrounded by thickly wooded forests of pine.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Hajan, on the way to Chandanwadi, is a picnic spot.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Filmgoers will recognise it as the location of several movie scenes.{{original research inline|date=March 2019}}
Pahalgam has within it eight tiny villages, one of which is {{Not a typo|Mamal}}. There is a Shiva temple here, generally considered to be Kashmir's oldest existing temple, dating to the 5th century.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

Pahalgam is also associated with the annual Amarnath Yatra. Chandanwari (2,895 m), 16 km from Pahalgam, is the starting point of the yatra that takes place every year in the month of Sawan (July to August). The road from Pahalgam to Chandanwari is on fairly flat terrain and can be undertaken by car. From Chandanwari onwards the track becomes much steeper, and is accessible on foot or by pony. About 11 km from Chandanwari is the mountain lake of Sheshnag (3,574 m), after which, 13 km away is the last stop, Panchtarni. The Amarnath cave is 6 km from there. During the month of Sawan, an ice stalagmite forms a natural Shivling in the Amarnath cave, which waxes and wanes with the moon.

=== Pahalgam ===
{{Main|Pahalgam}}
This hill station is 45 km. from the District Headquarters at Anantnag and located on the banks of river Lidder at an altitude of 7200 ft. from sea level.

Pahalgam is one among the five tehsils of Anantnag district and tehsil headquarters are located in the main town of Pahalgam. Once a great tourist puller and favourite place for shooting of Bollywood films is perhaps the best health resort in the entire [[India]]. Pahalgam also serves as base camp for the Amarnath Ji Yatra. The Pahalgam Valley presents glamorous look due to its pine forests, snow clad mountains, healthy climate and vast meadows and pastures. Besides tourist huts, several hotels in private sector have come up here and these hotels provide modern facilities to their guests. A number of treks in this region also begin from Pahalgam, as the 35 km trail traverses through pinewoods to the spectacular Kolahoi Glacier.

=== Achabal ===
{{Main|Achabal}}
Achabal is an important tourist place about 8 kilometres away from [[Anantnag]]. The place has an ancient spring surrounded by a garden terraced and developed by the Mughals. The place has got some historical background also. The upper portion of the garden is called 'Bag-e-Begum Abad' developed by Malika Noor Jehan Begum in 1620 AD and renowned as Sahib Abad in which there was a Hamam (treasure of water) getting heat from a logical lamp (Tosng).

=== Kokernag ===
{{Main|Kokernag}}
It is known for its trout streams and the largest fresh water spring in Kashmir, Trout hatchery department which has constructed pools in series where in trout is reared. Different pools have got trout with different weights and ages. Departments sells it to the tourists who find it a delicious dish and enjoy it. Kokernag is eight miles form Achabal and known for the curative properties of its springs.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} The total area of Kokernag is 300 Kanals of which 129 kanals is for the purpose of gardens and the rest is forest area.
Kokernag has some historical importance also. Kokernag has been mentioned in Ain Akbari, where in it has been mentioned that the water of Kokernag satisfies both hunger and thirst and it is also a remedy for indigestion. The author of Ain Akbari notices that touch-stone is found in Kokernag.

=== Verinag ===
{{Main|Verinag}}
[[Verinag|Verinag spring]] issues deep blue water from the bottom of a high scrap of a mountain spur and here also Emperor Jehangir built a garden and pleasure house.
The Verinag spring is about 26 kilometres away from Anantnag and is considered as the original source of river Jehlum. The spring is situated at the bottom of hill covered by pine trees and evergreen plants. The wonderful and charming construction of the spring as well as its adjacent garden compel the visitors to see it again and again. The construction of the banks of spring as well as its surroundings is of rare shape.

=== Daksum ===
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Located in the dense forests, this scenic spot falls on the Anantnag-Sinthan Top-[[Kishtwar]] road. A gushing stream flows through Daksum which is rich in trout fish. It is a forest retreat girdled by mountains. The surrounding forests are rich in fauna and flora.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} This tourist sport is in the south east of Anantnag City and is about a distance of 40 kilometres from Anantnag city.

=== Shiva Bhagwati Temple Akingam ===
{{Main|Shiva Bhagwati Temple Akingam}}
It is a temple in village [[Akingam]] of this district. It is located near the foot of a forest.

=== Sinthan top ===
{{Main|Sinthan top}}
Sinthen top is a hill station, a tourist destination located in South Kashmir’s Breng Valley (Sub-District Kokernag) in Anantnag district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

== Road facility ==
Anantnag has following roads connecting it to various assembly segments and with NH1A ( Major District Roads)
* NH1A Khanabal to Sangam via Bijbehara
* [[National Highway 1B (India)|NH 1B]] Khanabal to Kishtwar via [[:Achabal]], [[Akingam]], [[:Kokernag]]
* Verinag Anantnag Road
*Kokernag via Dailgam via hakura
* Larkipora Fatehpora Road
* [[:Sadura]] Kamad Road which Starts From [[Vessu]] On National Highway.
* Khanabal Pahalgam (KP) road.

==Climate==

Anantnag features a moderate climate ([[Köppen climate classification]]. Anantnag's climate is largely defined by its geographic location, with the towering [[Karokaram]] to its east and the Pirpanjal range to the south. It can be generally described as cool in the spring and autumn, mild in the summer, and cold in the winter. As a large city with a significant differences in Geo location among various districts, the [[weather]] is often cooler in the hilly Areas of east as compared to the flat northern part of anantnag.

Summer is usually mild and with a little rain, but [[relative humidity]] is generally high and the nights are cool. The [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] occurs throughout the year but no one month is particularly dry. The hottest month is July (mean minimum temperature 6 °C, mean maximum temperature 32 °C) and the coldest are December–January (mean minimum temperature -15 °C, mean maximum temperature 0 °C).

Weather conditions are unpredictable. The record high temperature is 33 °C and the record low is -18 °C. On 5–6 January 2012, after years of relatively little snow, a [[Winter storm|wave of heavy snow and low temperatures]] shocked the city covering it in a thick layer of snow and ice, forcing them to officially declare a [[state of emergency]] and calling the following two days (6 and 7 January) off for the whole valley.

Anantnag has seen an increase in the relative humidity and annual precipitation in the last few years. This is most likely because of the commercial afforestation projects which also includes expanding parks and green cover. The suburb parts of Anantnag are more lush than the central part.
Anantnag District possesses all the typical characteristics of the climate of Kashmir Valley as a whole. "In his introduction to the ''Rajtarangini Kulan'' or ''Kalhána'', Pandit says about the climate of Valley: 'It is a country where the sun shines mildly, being the place created by Kashayapa as if for his glory. High school-houses, the saffron, iced water and grapes, which are rare even in heaven, are common here. Kailasa is the best place in the three worlds, Himalaya the best part of Kailásá, and Kashmir the best place in Himalaya.'"<ref name=Lawrence-p13>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqAHweWRUs0C&q=Rajtarangini+Kulan&pg=PA13 |page=13 |title=The Valley of Kashmir |first1=Walter Roper |last1=Lawrence |author-link=Walter Roper Lawrence |isbn=978-8120616301 |date=1895}}</ref><ref name=indiaonapage-Anantnag/>

"[[Walter Roper Lawrence|Sir Walter Lawrence]] writes in his book ''The Valley of Kashmir'' that in latitude Kashmir corresponds with Peshawar, Baghdad and Damascus in Asia: with Fez in Morocco: and South Carolina in America, but it presents none of the characteristics of those countries. People have linked the climate of Kashmir to that of Switzerland until the end of May, and of Southern France in July and August. But it is impossible to speak of Kashmir as possessing any one climate or group of characteristics. Every hundred feet of elevation brings some new phase of climate and of vegetation."<ref name=indiaonapage-Anantnag>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaonapage.com/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Anantnag/general-info.html | title=Anantnag district General information | publisher=India on a Page | access-date=18 April 2018 }}</ref><ref name=Lawrence-p13/>

{{Weather box
| location = Anantnag (1971–1986)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
| Jan high C = 7.0
| Feb high C = 8.2
| Mar high C = 14.1
| Apr high C = 20.5
| May high C = 24.5
| Jun high C = 29.6
| Jul high C = 30.1
| Aug high C = 29.6
| Sep high C = 27.4
| Oct high C = 22.4
| Nov high C = 15.1
| Dec high C = 8.2
| year high C = 19.7
| Jan low C = -2.0
| Feb low C = -0.7
| Mar low C = 3.4
| Apr low C = 7.9
| May low C = 10.8
| Jun low C = 14.9
| Jul low C = 18.1
| Aug low C = 17.5
| Sep low C = 12.1
| Oct low C = 5.8
| Nov low C = 0.9
| Dec low C = -1.5
| year low C = 7.3
| Jan low F = 28.4
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 48
| Feb precipitation mm = 68
| Mar precipitation mm = 121
| Apr precipitation mm = 85
| May precipitation mm = 68
| Jun precipitation mm = 39
| Jul precipitation mm = 62
| Aug precipitation mm = 76
| Sep precipitation mm = 28
| Oct precipitation mm = 33
| Nov precipitation mm = 28
| Dec precipitation mm = 54
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 6.6
| Feb precipitation days = 7.3
| Mar precipitation days = 10.2
| Apr precipitation days = 8.8
| May precipitation days = 8.1
| Jun precipitation days = 5.7
| Jul precipitation days = 7.9
| Aug precipitation days = 6.8
| Sep precipitation days = 3.5
| Oct precipitation days = 2.8
| Nov precipitation days = 2.8
| Dec precipitation days = 5.1
| source = HKO<ref name = HKO>{{cite web
| url = http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/india/srinagar_e.htm
| title = Climatological Information for Srinigar, India
| publisher = [[Hong Kong Observatory]]
| access-date = 2011-05-02}}</ref>
| date = November 2010
}}

==See also==
*[[Pahalgam]]
*[[Verinag]]
*[[Kokernag]]
*[[Sinthan]]
*[[Qazigund]]
*[[Kashmir Railway]]
*[[Martand Sun Temple]]
*[[Anantnag Railway Station]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Anantnag district}}
* [https://anantnag.nic.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Anantnag district
| North = [[Ganderbal district]]
| Northeast = [[Kargil district]]
| East = [[Kishtwar district]]
| Southeast =
| South = [[Doda district]]
| Southwest = [[Ramban district]]
| West = [[Pulwama district]] [[Kulgam district]]
| Northwest = [[Srinagar district]]
}}
{{Kashmir Valley}}
{{Jammu and Kashmir topics}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
{{Authority control}}

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