Sumbal
Sumbal is a town in Bandipora district of Jammu & Kashmir and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block and Block Development Council of Bandipora district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Sumbal is 16.8 thousands out of which 9.1 thousands are males and rest 7.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 855 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.8 thousands teenagers in Sumbal. It has literacy rate of 45% which means around 7.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 153 people belonging to scheduled caste and 49 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 2.5 thousands households in Sumbal, which means every family has 7 members on average. The town has working population of 6.6 thousands.
Schools
Sumbal has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- New Green Land Public School Inderkote
- Govt. Hr. Secondary School Sumbal
- New Era High School Sumbal
- Babies Land High School
- Govt. Hr. Secondary School Gadakhud
Sumbal Block Development Council
Sumbal Block Development Council consists of total 8 Halqa Panchayat.