Kondur or Kandoora ( کۄنٚڈۄر کۄٚنٛڈُر in Kashmiri, کنڈوراہ in Urdu), is the largest village in the Sukhnaag Valley, located on the eastern banks of the Sukhnag River. It lies on the Beerwah-to-Doodhpathri road and is 26 km from Srinagar, the largest city and summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.[3]
Nearest to Kandoora is Beerwah, approximately 2.0 km distant (measured from Beerwah's bus stand), and the Beerwah Tehsil headquarters, about 3.0 km away. Beerwah, along with Sodipora, lies to the north of Kandoora. Also neighbouring the village are the surrounding locations of Sonapah to the northeast; Rankipora and Khatiruna to the east; Larbal to the southeast; Peth Zanigaam and Latinae to the south; Sail and Bun Zanigaamin to the southwest; Kanigund in the west; and Goriepora and Gohlar to the northwest.[4]
The majority of adult Kandoora residents work in agriculture and its associated occupations. There are a significant number of government employees, and, among young adults, students attending further education.[5]
Kandoora is in the Beerwah subdivision of Budgam district, and the village is governed by the local panchayat[6] Its panchayat has 11 members, with each member representing a ward constituency. Each ward is headed by a Ward Representative.
view of Sun Set In Kandoora
Kandoora is internally divided into:
Neiber Kandoora (neiber in Kashmiri language means, spread out or peripheral, as in a settlement) which consists of:
HajamAbad, NajarAbad, Brandaker, Gamudd, Ghatpur, Sheikhpur, and Malikpur;
and
Gamander Kandoora (gamander in Kashmiri language means downtown or central portion):
Mirpur, Pethpur, Bunpur, Half HajamAbad, Half NajarAbad, Central Old Graveyard of Kandoora, and the Administrative Centre, Masheed-e-Aungun.
Universally,[citation needed] the mother tongue of Kandoora residents is Koshur (Kashmiri). However, several other languages are also commonly spoken, including Urdu, English, Persian, Arabic and Hindi.
Etymology
Kandoora derives from two Kashmiri words: kanie (کَنِۂ), meaning stone, and doour (ڈُور) meaning field. So as the name suggests, the village Kandoora has plenty of stones in it.
History
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✓Government Boys Higher Secondary Institute, Kandoora The Government Boys Higher Secondary Institute, Kandoora, was established in 1953 as a primary school. In 1963 it was upgraded to middle school level and then, in 1971, to the high school level. It attained a higher secondary school level in 2018. The Institute is only the second school[inconsistent] in the area, after the Government Boys Senior Secondary Institute School, Beerwah, established in 1953.
This institution has a history of being the first private school in Valley Of River Sukhnaag. [7]
Area road system
Kandoora is well connected to its neighbouring villages by link road. The roads meet internally in the administrative centre, central Kandoora, locally called Masheed-e-Aungun.
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