Wagoora is a tehsil and a small town in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Its pincode is 193109. It is located about 20 kilometres from District headquarter Baramulla, 13 kilometres from famous apple town Sopore and 49 kilometres from Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir. It is known for its production of apples. The population of W…Wagoora is a tehsil and a small town in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Its pincode is 193109. It is located about 20 kilometres from District headquarter Baramulla, 13 kilometres from famous apple town Sopore and 49 kilometres from Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir. It is known for its production of apples. The population of Wagoora town is more than 2829 as per 2011 census and a literacy rate of 71.29%. Wagoora town, which was given the Tehsil status recently in the year 2013 is a Block Headquarter and is thus a centre of socio-economic and political-social needs of this vast area of Ningli region of North Kashmir. Ningli is a tributary of Jhelum River and is the main source of irrigation and drinking water to Wagoora tehsil and the only source of water to several villages of Kreeri tehsil and especially Kreeri which are devoid of water resources. Besides Ningli a distributory of Ningli viz. Khalri also plays its part in irrigating a vast area of agricultural land of the town.
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