Yaripora

Yaripora or Yaripur is the second largest town by area and fourth least populous area of Kulgam district located in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India. Its headquarters are located in Kulgam which is 12.8 km (8.0 mi) away from the main town of Yaripora. Most of its area is situated on the banks of rivulet Sonamann, a tributary of Veshaw that in turn joins the Jehlum at Sangam which comes under the Pir Panjal Range. Yaripora town has two electoral wards, with a population of 12,123, of which 6,043 are males and 6,080 are females, reported by the 2011 Census of India. Surrounded by an L Shaped Karewa Yaripora as a habitable site appears to have been established somewhere around the 17th century AD as a central trading place with a cluster of villages connected by half a dozen roads coming from different directions. With multiple springs and a few fresh water streams flowing directly through the village the local population seems to have thrived as a tiny trading hub.