Lethapora
Village in Jammu and Kashmir, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lethapora, also known as Lethpora and Lalitpur, is a village in the Pampore tehsil of the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It has a long history as it was named after a king Lalitaditya Muktapida, who was a powerful ruler of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir. It was first named as Lalitpur and later changed to Lethapora. It is one of the main market for tourists and locals for Kashmiri dry fruits like walnuts, almonds etc. You can get world's finest saffron from here, which is available easily in the market. It mainly has three main markets that is Upper Market (Her Bazar), Main Market and Down Market (Bon Bazar). Upper market is like the corporate area of the village which mainly has mixture of shops like saffron and other dry fruit shops, restaurants, hotels, tea stalls, banks, school, gym, showrooms etc. In Main Market, you will find basic shops selling fruits, vegetables, kirana and other basics and in the Down Market it mostly has saffron shops along with other shops, and restaurants
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Lethapora
Lethapur Lalitpur | |
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Small Town | |
Coordinates: 33°57′50″N 74°57′50″E | |
Country | India |
State | Jammu and Kashmir |
District | Pulwama |
Tehsil | Pampore |
Founded by | Lalitaditya Muktapida |
Elevation | 1,620 m (5,310 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,131 |
Demonym(s) | Lethapori, Lethapori, Lethaporia, Lethapuria, Lalitpuri, Lalitpuria |
Languages | |
• Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1][2] |
Census code | 002982 |