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	'''Shopian~~''' or '''Shupiyan~~''' ({{IPA-ur\|ʃʊpɪjãː}}), known as '''Shupyan'''<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/kashir-encyclopedia-vol-2-jk-culture-academy/mode/1up\|title=Kashir Encyclopedia\|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts Culture and Languages\|year=1989\|volume=2\|pages=151\|language=ks}}</ref> ({{IPA-ks\|ʃupʲjan}}) in [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]], is a hill district with its administrative division in [[Shopian]], located in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/631-shupiyan.html \|title=Shupiyan District : Census 2011-2018 data \|website=census2011.co.in \|publisher=2011 Census of India}}</ref> since it is situated on the historical road commonly known as [[Mughal Road]], most of its area is occupied by forests. Shopian district comes under the [[Pir Panjal Range]] which makes it very cold in winter.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/jandampks-shopian-dist-to-get-new-tourism-development-authority-502809-2015-10-28 \|title=J&Ks Shopian dist to get new tourism development authority \|website=indiatoday.in \|publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref> After [[partition of India]], it was a [[tehsil]] of [[Pulwama district]]. In March, 2007, the district status was granted by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/granted-district-status-11-years-ago-shopian-still-craves-for-facilities/269979.html \|title=Granted district status 11 years ago, Shopian still craves for facilities \|website=greaterkashmir.com \|publisher=Greater Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DPS%20Shopian.pdf \|title=Brief Industrial Profile of Shopian District \|website=dcmsme.gov.in \|publisher=Development Commissioner Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises}}</ref> The economy of the district depends on agriculture, particularly apple growing.<ref name=AppleGrowing>{{cite journal \|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b904/c0c5c4ffd21a3b2835ec92eca62e50aa9dd9.pdf \|work=Journal of Business Management & Social Sciences Research \|volume=3 \|issue=5 \|date=May 2014 \|title=Economic of Apple Industry; A Primary Survey in District Shopian (Kashmir) \|first1=Tariq Ahmad \|last1=Bhat \|issn=2319-5614 \|pages=127–131}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160809144539/http://www.rgcms.edu.in/images/faculty/ann_1403084497.pdf Alternative URL]</ref> Shopian is {{convert\|22\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} from [[Aglar Zainapora\|Aglar]] which connects it with [[Pulwama district]] and is one of the border towns of the district.		'''Shopian''' ({{IPA-ur\|ʃʊpɪjãː}}), known as '''Shupyan'''<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/kashir-encyclopedia-vol-2-jk-culture-academy/mode/1up\|title=Kashir Encyclopedia\|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts Culture and Languages\|year=1989\|volume=2\|pages=151\|language=ks}}</ref> ({{IPA-ks\|ʃupʲjan}}) in [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]], is a hill district with its administrative division in [[Shopian]], located in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/631-shupiyan.html \|title=Shupiyan District : Census 2011-2018 data \|website=census2011.co.in \|publisher=2011 Census of India}}</ref> since it is situated on the historical road commonly known as [[Mughal Road]], most of its area is occupied by forests. Shopian district comes under the [[Pir Panjal Range]] which makes it very cold in winter.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/jandampks-shopian-dist-to-get-new-tourism-development-authority-502809-2015-10-28 \|title=J&Ks Shopian dist to get new tourism development authority \|website=indiatoday.in \|publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref> After [[partition of India]], it was a [[tehsil]] of [[Pulwama district]]. In March, 2007, the district status was granted by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/granted-district-status-11-years-ago-shopian-still-craves-for-facilities/269979.html \|title=Granted district status 11 years ago, Shopian still craves for facilities \|website=greaterkashmir.com \|publisher=Greater Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DPS%20Shopian.pdf \|title=Brief Industrial Profile of Shopian District \|website=dcmsme.gov.in \|publisher=Development Commissioner Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises}}</ref> The economy of the district depends on agriculture, particularly apple growing.<ref name=AppleGrowing>{{cite journal \|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b904/c0c5c4ffd21a3b2835ec92eca62e50aa9dd9.pdf \|work=Journal of Business Management & Social Sciences Research \|volume=3 \|issue=5 \|date=May 2014 \|title=Economic of Apple Industry; A Primary Survey in District Shopian (Kashmir) \|first1=Tariq Ahmad \|last1=Bhat \|issn=2319-5614 \|pages=127–131}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160809144539/http://www.rgcms.edu.in/images/faculty/ann_1403084497.pdf Alternative URL]</ref> Shopian is {{convert\|22\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} from [[Aglar Zainapora\|Aglar]] which connects it with [[Pulwama district]] and is one of the border towns of the district.

	Shopian district is called "the apple bowl of Kashmir".<ref>{{Cite news \|last1=Ashiq \|first1=Peerzada \|date=13 June 2020 \|title=How did Shopian, Kashmir's apple bowl, turn into a battleground district?\|language=en-IN \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shopian-district-the-battleground-district/article31822367.ece \|access-date=30 March 2021\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		Shopian district is called "the apple bowl of Kashmir".<ref>{{Cite news \|last1=Ashiq \|first1=Peerzada \|date=13 June 2020 \|title=How did Shopian, Kashmir's apple bowl, turn into a battleground district?\|language=en-IN \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shopian-district-the-battleground-district/article31822367.ece \|access-date=30 March 2021\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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	~~== See also ==~~
	*[[Anantnag district]]
	*[[Pulwama district]]
	*[[Manzimpara]]
	*[[Mughal Road]]
	*[[Pir Panjal Pass]]
	*[[Kausar nag]]
	*[[Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary]]

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Shopian district
| native_name = Shupyan
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| area_rank = 537th in India & 17th in Jammu & Kashmir
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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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'''Shopian''' or '''Shupiyan''' ({{IPA-ur|ʃʊpɪjãː}}), known as '''Shupyan'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/kashir-encyclopedia-vol-2-jk-culture-academy/mode/1up|title=Kashir Encyclopedia|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts Culture and Languages|year=1989|volume=2|pages=151|language=ks}}</ref> ({{IPA-ks|ʃupʲjan}}) in [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], is a hill district with its administrative division in [[Shopian]], located in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/631-shupiyan.html |title=Shupiyan District : Census 2011-2018 data |website=census2011.co.in |publisher=2011 Census of India}}</ref> since it is situated on the historical road commonly known as [[Mughal Road]], most of its area is occupied by forests. Shopian district comes under the [[Pir Panjal Range]] which makes it very cold in winter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/jandampks-shopian-dist-to-get-new-tourism-development-authority-502809-2015-10-28 |title=J&Ks Shopian dist to get new tourism development authority |website=indiatoday.in |publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref> After [[partition of India]], it was a [[tehsil]] of [[Pulwama district]]. In March, 2007, the district status was granted by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/granted-district-status-11-years-ago-shopian-still-craves-for-facilities/269979.html |title=Granted district status 11 years ago, Shopian still craves for facilities |website=greaterkashmir.com |publisher=Greater Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DPS%20Shopian.pdf |title=Brief Industrial Profile of Shopian District |website=dcmsme.gov.in |publisher=Development Commissioner Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises}}</ref> The economy of the district depends on agriculture, particularly apple growing.<ref name=AppleGrowing>{{cite journal |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b904/c0c5c4ffd21a3b2835ec92eca62e50aa9dd9.pdf |work=Journal of Business Management & Social Sciences Research |volume=3 |issue=5 |date=May 2014 |title=Economic of Apple Industry; A Primary Survey in District Shopian (Kashmir) |first1=Tariq Ahmad |last1=Bhat |issn=2319-5614 |pages=127–131}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160809144539/http://www.rgcms.edu.in/images/faculty/ann_1403084497.pdf Alternative URL]</ref> Shopian is {{convert|22|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Aglar Zainapora|Aglar]] which connects it with [[Pulwama district]] and is one of the border towns of the district.

Shopian district is called "the apple bowl of Kashmir".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ashiq |first1=Peerzada |date=13 June 2020 |title=How did Shopian, Kashmir's apple bowl, turn into a battleground district?|language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shopian-district-the-battleground-district/article31822367.ece |access-date=30 March 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], the Shopian district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 266,215.<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> This gives the Shopian district a ranking of 577th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|852|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the 2001–2011 decade was 25.85%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Shopian has a [[sex ratio]] of 951 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males<ref name=districtcensus/> (this varies with religion), and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 62.49%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
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|caption= Languages of Shopian district (2011)<ref name="census2011-C16"/>
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|label2 = [[Gujari language|Gojri]] |value2 = 8.80 |color2 = tomato
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{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! colspan=10 | Shopian (Shupiyan) 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 |access-date=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
|| 3,116 || 262,263 || 429 || 178 || 6 || 1 || 6 || 216 || 266,215
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
|| 1.17% || 98.52% || 0.16% || 0.07% || 0.00% || 0.00% || 0.00% || 0.08% || 100.00%
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Male
|| 2,777 || 133,233 || 229 || 100 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 135 || 136,480
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Female
|| 339 || 129,030 || 200 || 78 || 4 || 0 || 3 || 81 || 129,735
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Gender ratio (% female)
|| 10.9% || 49.2% || 46.6% || 43.8% || 66.7% || 0.0% || 50.0% || 37.5% || 48.7%
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males)
|| 122 || 968 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 951
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Urban
|| 2,146 || 14,060 || 67 || 56 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 29 || 16,360
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Rural
|| 970 || 248,203 || 362 || 122 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 187 || 249,855
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | % Urban
|| 68.9% || 5.4% || 15.6% || 31.5% || 33.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 13.4% || 6.1%
|-
|}
At the time of the 2011 census, 87.99% of the population spoke [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], 8.80% [[Gujari language|Gojri]] and 1.78% [[Pahari-Pothwari|Pahari]] as their first language.<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 |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>{{clear|left}}

==Education==
In 1988, The Government of Jammu and Kashmir established a college namely Government Degree College, Shopian which provides higher education infrastructure to the people of Shopian district. The Government Polytechnic college was established recently in the Shopian town, which provides technical engineering diploma level education.

Some of the other notable educational institutions are:
* [[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Shopian]]
* Government higher secondary, Shopian
* And also various private higher secondary and high schools

== Economy ==
The local economy depends on agriculture. Apple growing "provides employment to about 60% of the population and is the main source of livelihood of many households."<ref name=AppleGrowing/> Apple growing is more profitable than other crops, partly because the hilly nature of the land makes it harder to cultivate other crops than apples.<ref name=AppleGrowing/>

== Healthcare ==
The district has a number of hospitals and healthcare facilities, some of which include its adjoining areas they are:<ref name=districtshopian>{{cite web | url = http://shopian.nic.in/health.html | title = Health setup in District Shopian}}</ref>
* Government District Hospital [[Shopian]]
* Sub District Hospital [[Zainapora]],
* Sub District Hospital [[Keller Village|Keller]]
* Primary Health centre [[Aglar Zainapora|Aglar]]
* NTPHC Ramnagri
* PHC Herman
* PHC Pinjura
* PHC DK Pora

==Places of interest==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2021}}
Shopian district has many places with tourism potential: Arshi Pora Lahanthour, Sedow, [[Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary]], Dubijan - {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Heerpora Village; Peer Marg/Peer Gali - {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} away from Heerpora on the historical Mughal Road; Lake Nandansar - {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} away from the [[Peer Ki Gali]]; Hash Wang Bagam Pather, Sok Saray, and Mughal Saray at Jajinar. The Jamia Masjid in Shopian is one of the famous historical monuments built during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] reign resembling that of jamia Masjid Srinagar.
The Aasar-i-Sharief Dargah at Pinjura, attracts thousands of devotees on the occasion of Eid-i-Milad-un- Nabi and Shab-i-Mehraj.
Darul Uloom Islamia Pinjura where large people gather to seek (spiritual and moral) knowledge and propagate to others.

On the outskirts of Shopian town near Nagbal area, there is a Siva temple called Kapalmochan Mandir with three natural springs and a unique Shivling with small Rudraksh shaped knots spread all over it.

==Transport==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2021}}
The major roads connecting Shopian with neighbouring districts are:

*Shopian-Pulwama-Srinagar Road
*Shopian-Anantnag Via Chitragam
*shopian to Aglar via heff turkuwangam
*Shopian -Anantnag via Kaider
*Shopian Anantnag Via Kulgam khudwani Wanpoh khanabal
*shopian to sangam via Aglar
*Shopian-Rajouri-Poonch via Mughal Road
*Shopian-Zawoora-Keller
*Shopian-Sedow-Aharbal
*Shopian-[[Hirpora]]
*Shopian-Bijbehara via Malik Gund Imamsahib,
*Shopian-Pinjoor
*Shopian-Zainapora( Babapora)- Frisal- khudwani
*Shopian-Zainapora( Babapora)- wachi - Sangam
*Shopian to Kulgam Kachdoora, Sehpora Mohan Pora or Okay
*Shopian to [[Reshnagri]] via Narwaw, Saidpora
*Shopian to Nehama via Vehil Nowgam, Kanjiullar
*Shopian to Ramnagri via Narwaw, Saidpora, [[Amshipora]].
*Shopian to Kangiullar via Ramnagri and Gadiporahir
*Shopian to Kheer Bhawani at Mamzam via Ramnagri, Kanjiuller Nihama
*Shopian to [[Aharbal]] via Ramnagri, Gadipora and Nihama
*Shopian to Zawoora via Rambiara.
*Shopian to Shadab Karewa Via Zowoora.
*Shopian to Narapora, keller via Zawoora
*Shopain to Aharbal via Saidow
*Shopian Arshi pora road to link Via Herman Kadder Road
*Shopian to Manzimpara via Kundalan.
*Shopian to Anantnag via Manihall and Yaripora
*Shopian to [[Toolihalan]]
*Shopian to Aharbal via Ramnagri, Reshnagri, Bridge Completed in Last year.

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== See also ==
*[[Anantnag district]]
*[[Pulwama district]]
*[[Manzimpara]]
*[[Mughal Road]]
*[[Pir Panjal Pass]]
*[[Kausar nag]]
*[[Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://shopian.nic.in Official website]

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|South = [[Kulgam district]]
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