Karan Nagar is the notified area and the town in the city of Srinagar in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A portion of Karan Nagar in the name of Deewan Bagh was the first declared civil colony in 1942 by the former princely state government of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a posh locality of Srinagar city. The famous SMHS hospital and Government Medical College is located here.^{[citation needed]} It is located about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the commercial center of Kashmir, Lal Chowk.

Karan Nagar
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Coordinates: 34°4′45″N 74°47′59″E
Country	India
Union territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Srinagar
Settled	Ancient
Elevation	1,592 m (5,223 ft)
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1][2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	190010
Distance from Delhi	857 kilometres (533 mi)
Distance from Mumbai	2,182.4 kilometres (1,356.1 mi)

History

The town had the decent population of Kashmiri Pandits before their exile in last decade of twentieth century. The town is named after the name Karan. At present Muslims dominate the population of the area at an estimated percentage of 99.9%.^{[better source needed]}

Demographics

Kashmiri is the local language in the area, people also use English and Urdu as the official languages of the area.

Geography

The area is located at 34.0791°N 74.799°E / 34.0791; 74.799 2 km (1.2 mi) towards north from district headquarters of Srinagar. The area is bounded by Aali Kadal towards South, Batmaloo towards West, Safa Kadal towards North and Nawabazar towards East. The area is situated at an elevation of 1,592 m (5,223 ft) above mean sea level.[3]

See also

• Lal Bazar
• Rajbagh
• Soura

References