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{{About|a town in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir|other uses|Lar (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<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>
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'''Lar''' ({{lang-ur|{{nq|لار}} }}) is a town and a [[notified area committee]] in [[Ganderbal district]] of Central Kashmir, in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. It is a newly established ''tehsil'' carved out of [[Ganderbal|Ganderbal Tehsil]]. It is situated 25 km from the heart of the summer capital, [[Srinagar]], on National Highway ([[NH 1D]]) between the foothills of the [[Himalaya]]n mountains in the north and the picturesque [[Zabarwan]] Hills in the south. The [[Sind River]], a major tributary to the Jehlum River flows through Lar. The famous [[Manasbal Lake]] lies a few kilometres away from the Town centre.

== Geography ==
Lar is located {{Coord|34.262|N|74.755|E}}.<ref>[http://www.wikimapia.org/3927638/Lar Wikimapia- Lar]</ref> 6 km north of [[Ganderbal]] town and 25 km from the [[Srinagar]] center, at an average elevation of {{convert|1650|m|ft}}. The famous [[Sonamarg]] hill station is at a distance of 60 km from here. The [[Sind River]], a major tributary to the Jehlum River flows through Lar. The sand (bajri) of this river has a great value for money for its quality. Lar produces the word class grapes variety like Hussaini- imported from Iran, Sahibi- imported from Hyderabad, Kishmish, Anabeshai and Ruby.

== Demographics ==
At the 2011 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Lar had a population of 50,491 (males 52%, females 48%). The literacy rate was 59.99%, higher than the national average of 59.5%.<ref>{{cite web| title=Lar Tehsil|publisher=NRHM|url=http://www.mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/DHAP/DHAP_JK/DAP_Ganderbal.pdf| format = pdf|access-date =12 June 2012}}</ref>

== Climate ==
Lar Town possesses all the typical characteristics of the climate of Kashmir Valley as a whole. In the heat of July, the breeze of the Sindh River is a welcome relief. 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.

== References ==
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{{Municipalities of Jammu and Kashmir}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Ganderbal district]]
[[Category:Ganderbal district]]

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