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| name = Shangus<br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir<br />
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| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|Union territory]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Anantnag district|Anantnag]]<br />
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| elevation_m = 1639<br />
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census town" /><br />
| population_total = 7875<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| 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><br />
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|Pincode]]<br />
| postal_code = 192201<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 01932<br />
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'''Shangus''' is a village Panchayat and a tehsil in [[Anantnag district]] of the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
The population of Shangus village was 5,235 at the [[2011 Indian census]], while the population of the Shangus [[tehsil]] was 52,352.<ref name="census town">{{Cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=9120 |title=Census of India: Search Details |publisher=Census of India |access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=9092 |title=Census of India: Search Details |publisher=Census of India |access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>shangas is the biggest village interms of population in the district Anantnag.There are almost 25 mosques and a big Grand Mosque . Locally the Shangas is divided into segments viz shangas A or HERGAM ,shangasB bonagam and MANZGAM which includes khanpora , wanipora, muqdampora etc and many other neighborhoods in the vicinity of EIDGAH including BADAMIBAGH which is located towards the neighbouring village [[Nowgam, Anantnag]] The people of vicinity villages call it GREATER SHANGUS also ,because of its nucleus position.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
Shangus is in the Shangus state assembly constituency and the [[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantnag parliamentary constituency]].<br />
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==2005 Bus Accident Tragedy==<br />
On September 2005, The bus carrying 86 passengers left Shangus in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Thursday morning. Those on board were reportedly on way to Tatta Paani, water spring that attracts people from distant areas for curative reasons. <br />
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Minister of State for Home, A R Veeri told the House that the bus (JK03-3837) left Shangus-Anantnag and met with an accident at Chapri Nullah Ramban at 4.45 p.m on Thursday. He said the bus with 52 seats was carrying 86 passengers including 25 men, 47 women and 14 children. He said 35 passengers died on spot while seven succumbed to injuries at Ramban hospital. He said those who died included 27 women, 12 man and three children. Of the injured 19 have been evacuated to SKIMS, Soura, Srinagar, 12 are at district hospital, Anantnag and 11 at Ramban hospital.<br />
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Chief Minister [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] expressed shock and grief over the loss of lives in the accident. Minister of state for Works, G A Mir and Minister of state for Agriculture, Aijaz Ahmad also expressed shock and grief over the accident. most of the passengers who died in the accident were from the Shangus area in Anantnag district. The ministers demanded relief for the next of kin of the deceased. Mr Mir has demanded a probe into the accident.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Akingam]]<br />
*[[Anantnag]]<br />
*[[Achabal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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