Bandipore district (also spelt as Bandipora or Bandipur) is one of the 20 districts in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Bandipore town is the administrative headquarters of the district. Bandipore, a township with peculiar scenic beauty is located in the foothills of the snow-clad peaks of Harmukh overlooking the shores of Wular Lake has produced hundreds of scholars and intellectuals. Before 1947, this town was a big trade and literary centre of Kashmir. Bandipore, the birthplace of the great historian, Hassan Khoehami. This district was carved out from the erstwhile Baramulla district in 2007. The district is bounded by Kupwara district in the west, Baramulla district in the south and Kargil district in Ladakh, Srinagar and Ganderbal districts in the east. This district occupies an area of 398 km2. The district has a population of 392,232 as per 2011 census.
Education
Some of the institutions and colleges of Bandipore Which provide quality education to the students of district Bandipore
- Govt Girls Higher Secondary School , Plan Bandipora
- Govt NM Boys Higher School Kaloosa
- Govt Higher Secondary school Quilmuqam
- Govt Polytechnic College
- Al-Noor College Of Education moder
- Mehboobul Aalam College Of Education
- Govt High School Bagh]
- Govt High School Qazipora bandipora
- Muslim Model School Qazipora Watapora
- Govt HKM Degree College
- Army Good Will School Aythmulla
- Shaheen College Of Education
- Govt Higher Sec. School Nadihal
- Govt Higher Sec. School Aloosa
- Govt Higher Sec. School Aragam
- Govt Secondary School Mantrigam
- Govt Secondary School Bonakoot
- Eaglets Public Secondary School Plan
- SMS Islamia Model Higher Secondary School, Garoora
Divisions
The district comprises seven tehsils: Ajas, Aloosa, Bandipore, Sumbal, Hajin, Gurez and Tulail. The district has three Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Gurez, Bandipore and Sonawari. All of these are part of Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency. The district comprises twelve community development blocks: Aloosa, Arin, Baktoor, Bandipore, Bonkoot, Ganastan, Gurez, Hajin, Naidkhai, Nowgam, Sumbal and Tulail.