Anantnag

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Anantnag

Total population

150,198

Elevation1601 m

Land area2917 km²

Coordinates33.74°, 75.15°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Anantnag is the administrative headquarters of Anantnag district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is located at a distance of 53 kilometres from the union territory's capital Srinagar. It is the third largest city in Jammu and Kashmir after Srinagar and Jammu with an urban agglomerate population of 159,838 and a municipal limit population of 109,433.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Arun Prakash

Recipient of Vir Chakra

Basharat Peer

Kashmir born American journalist, commentator and author

H

Haidar Malik

Kashmiri administrator

I

Ilyas Kashmiri

Pakistani actor (1925-2007)

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

Indian politician (1936-2016)

Makhan Lal Fotedar

Indian politician (1932-2017)

Mehbooba Mufti

Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir

Parvez Rasool

Indian cricketer

Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali

Kashmiri poet

Majeed Bhat Laram

Indian politician

A

Abdul Qayoom

cricketer

M

Mohsin Mufti

cricketer

M

Mirza G. H. Baig Aarif

Kashmiri writer

Shashikant Dhotre

Indian artist

R

Ritesh Shah

Indian screenwriter (born 1976)

R

Rubia Syed

cricketer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Jammu and Kashmir

• Mattan
  4.1 mi away · pop. 9,246
• Bijbehara
  4.5 mi away · pop. 22,789
• Achabal
  5.6 mi away · pop. 17,556
• Frisal
  6.3 mi away · pop. 5,132
• Seer Hamdan
  6.6 mi away · pop. 8,233
• Yaripora
  7.5 mi away · pop. 12,123
• Devsar
  8 mi away · pop. 9,765
• Kulgam
  9.7 mi away · pop. 23,584
• Qazigund
  10 mi away · pop. 9,871
• Aishmuquam
  11.7 mi away · pop. 6,519
• Tral
  13.2 mi away · pop. 17,844
• Kokernag
  13.7 mi away · pop. 6,553

Browse all places in Jammu and Kashmir →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Anantnag

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

common morning-glory

Ipomoea purpurea

Seen 2026-09-11

Chusan Palm

Trachycarpus fortunei

Seen 2026-09-05

Indian Cabbage White

Pieris canidia

Seen 2026-08-29

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-07-17

Indian Black Kite

Milvus migrans govinda

Seen 2026-07-15

Peach

Prunus persica

Seen 2026-07-06

Eristalis cerealis

Eristalis cerealis

Seen 2026-07-03

Blue Whistling-Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

Seen 2026-06-04

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-06-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).