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Soura, Srinagar

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District
  
Srinagar district

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
0194

Elevation
  
1,592 m

Settled
  
Ancient

PIN
  
190011

Vehicle registration
  
JK

Area code
  
0194

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Soura is a notified area of Srinagar located about 11.1 km north of Lal Chowk on Srinagar-Ladakh Highway. Soura is famous for Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital. Besides serving as a Hospital, it is the prestigious medical college of Kashmir valley. Soura is located near Anchar Lake. The whole western side of the area is covered by Anchar Lake. It also hosts a famous Muslim shrine known as Aasaar Sharief Jinaab Saahib which holds more than 13 holy relics.. Actually it got its name from a Sufi saint whose name is Malik- u-din Suhrawardī Whose shrine is located in suhra

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Map of Soura, Srinagar 190011

Education

The area is considered as one of the key education centres in the city. The following is the list of colleges and schools in the area:

  • Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences. The college provides course in MBBS. It has 100 seats which are filled by J&K state board for entrance examination by selecting the candidates which qualify Common Entrance Test.
  • Government Boys Higher Secondary
  • Government Girls Higher Secondary
  • Standard Public High School
  • Ramzan Memorial Public School
  • Mother Land public school
  • Iqbal Public School
  • Mahad Al-Lugat-ul Arabia

    • References

    Soura, Srinagar Wikipedia
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