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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{more citations needed|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Narbal
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| other_name = The Gateway of Gulmarg
| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Budgam district|Budgam]]
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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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'''Narbal''' is a [[tehsil]], town and a block in central Kashmir's [[Budgam district]]. It is located on the sides of [[Srinagar]]-[[Gulmarg]] road and the bank of a flood channel and [[Sukhnag River|river Sukhnag]] in the [[Budgam district]] in the [[India]]n administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kashmirobserver.net/2020/02/22/south-kashmir-2-militants-killed-in-bijbehara-gunfight/|title=South Kashmir: 2 Lashkar Militants Killed in Anantnag Gunfight|date=2020-02-22|website=Kashmir Observer|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-j-family-disputes-polices-claim-about-3rd/346831|title=3 Militants, 1 CRPF Jawan Killed in Gunbattle Near Srinagar; Family Disputes Police's Claim About 3rd|website=Outlookindia|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>

==Geography==
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As per government records, the [[Block (district subdivision)|block]] number of Narbal is 14. The block has 51 villages and there are a total of 11,343 homes in this block.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}. It is also tehsil since 2014. It is located {{cvt|14|km}} west of Srinagar's City Centre Lalchowk and {{cvt|14|km}} North of district headquarter Budgam.
It is surrounded by [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]] and [[Magam]] tehsils towards the south-west and west, [[Pattan]] tehsil towards the North and Srinagar's Shalteng towards the East. [[Srinagar]], [[Magam]] and [[Budgam]] are the nearby cities or towns. River Sukhnag, which originates in [[Tosamaidan]], passes through the town and is the major source of water in the area.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://soki.in/narbal-b-narbal-badgam|title=Narbal (b), Narbal Village information | Soki.In|website=soki.in}}</ref>
There is a Sufi Ziyarat of Syed Mohammad Soliah Bukhari R.A near Narbal Main Stop.
Narbal is known for the beautiful playground where people from adjacent areas are seen playing [[cricket]], [[association football|football]], and other sports.

==Access==
[[Mazhom railway station]] is the nearby railway station located six kilometres from Narbal. [[Srinagar International Airport]] is located around {{cvt|16|km}} from here.<ref name="auto"/>

==Economy==
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The count of employed people of Narbal block is 24,513, yet 62,953 are un-employed.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} And out of 24,513 employed people, 3,871 persons are fully reliant on farming. Although a vast majority of population is involved with agricultural activities (rice and vegetable farming) in one way or other, it is not the major source of income in Narbal. People obtain livelihood either from government jobs, daily skilled as well as unskilled labour activities etc. Private sector jobs are rare.

==Housing colonies==
Mohalla Moulvi Sahib<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mohalla Moulvi Sahib Narbal - Google Search|url=https://www.google.com/search?output=search&q=Mohalla+Moulvi+Sahib+Narbal&ludocid=11196297724407145823&gsas=1&client=ms-android-oppo-rvo3&lsig=AB86z5X1nxrdgVjgbmL5_-7ISfoa&kgs=3632b4a9c720cb8a&shndl=-1&source=sh/x/kp/local/2&entrypoint=sh/x/kp/local|access-date=2021-09-25|website=google.com}}</ref> is a housing colony in Narbal. It is named after an Islamic scholar Syed Amir ud din<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grave of Syed Amir ud Din Naqshbandi · Mohalla Moulvi Sahib, Narbal, Jammu and Kashmir 193401|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grave+of+Syed+Amir+ud+Din+Naqshbandi,+Mohalla+Moulvi+Sahib,+Narbal,+Jammu+and+Kashmir+193401/@34.1125341,74.6689201,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x38e199d674c71d6b:0x1888f52ed65915dd|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Grave of Syed Amir ud Din Naqshbandi · Mohalla Moulvi Sahib, Narbal, Jammu and Kashmir 193401|language=en}}</ref> known as Moulvi Sahib in district Budgam. It is located on the left side of Narbal Gulmarg Road.

Other colonies include

Syed Mohalla, Arifeen Colony Sector 1, 2 and 3, New Colony, Alamdaar Colony

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Cite web|title=Narbal|url=https://thenarbal.wordpress.com/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Narbal|language=en-IN}}

{{Budgam district}}

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

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