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{{Short description|Village in Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Arizal
| settlement_type = Village
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Budgam district|Budgam]]
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name3 = Khansahib
| coordinates = {{coord|33.922|74.595|display=title,inline}}
| named_for = River
| government_type = Panchayat House Arizal
| governing_body = Panchayat samiti
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1668
| population_total = 1,715
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = [[English language|English]] : Arizalian
[[Urdu]]: آريزال کے
[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: ٲرٕزالٕکؠ
| population_footnotes =
| blank1_name_sec1 = Sex Ratio
| blank1_info_sec1 = 841 [[female|♀]]/ 874 [[male|♂]]
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020 | url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Spoken
| demographics1_info2 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 193411
| registration_plate = JK04
| blank_name_sec1 = Religion
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Islam]]
| blank_name_sec2 = Ethnicity
| blank_info_sec2 = [[Kashmiris]]
| footnotes =
| area_total_ha = 133
| image_skyline = Arizal, Jammu and Kashmir.jpg
| official_name = The Arizal Village Council
}}
'''Arizal''' ([[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: ٲرٕزال, ''Ȫrüzāl''; [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]: आरीज़ाल, ''Ārīzāl'') is a village in [[Budgam district]] in [[Kashmir]] region of Indian Union Territory [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="budgam.nic.in">{{Cite web |title=Gram Sabha Arizal Block Sukhnag, district Budgam {{!}} District Budgam, Government of Jammu & Kashmir {{!}} India |url=https://budgam.nic.in/gallery/back-to-village/19-2/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |language=en-US}}</ref> It is situated at the base of the [[Pir Panjal Range]] of the [[Himalayas]], in the [[Sukhnag River|Sukhnag Valley]]. It falls under the administrative division of tehsil [[Khan Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir|Khansahib]], (block Sukhnag) which is one of the nine tehsils of district [[Budgam district|Budgam]].<ref name="budgam.nic.in"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=District Budgam |url=https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/panchayat%20election%202017/Panchayat%20gazzete%20notification/budgam.pdf |website=CEOJK.NIC.IN}}</ref> It lies at a distance of about {{convert|35|km}} from the district headquarters Budgam, {{convert|16|km}} from the sub-district headquarters Khansahib, and {{convert|45|km}} away from [[Srinagar]], the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arizal village, Budgam (ANI)|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jk-police-busts-let-terror-module-in-budgam-5-terror-associates-arrested/articleshow/75770821.cms|website=timesofindia.com}}</ref>

According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,715.<ref name=":0">{{Cite report|title = District Census Handbook: Badgam| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0102_PART_B_DCHB_BADGAM.pdf| page= 118}}</ref>

==Etymology==

==Demographics==

=== Population ===
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]], the population of Arizal is 1715 of which 874 (51%) are males while the remaining 841 (49%) are females and a total number of 467 children (217 boys and 250 girls) below 6 years as per the report. There are about 252 houses in Arizal village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census of India: Search Details|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=633|access-date=2021-09-24|website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
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|bars = {{bar percent|[[Male]]s|green|51}}
{{bar percent|[[Female]]s|purple|49}}
|caption = Distribution of Population
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|Right1 = Percent
|title = Population (%)
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=== Religion ===
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|bars = {{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|100}}
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|caption = Distribution of Population on Religion
{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
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|bars = {{bar percent|[[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]|green|100}}
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|caption = Distribution of Sects on Religion
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|left1 = Sects of Islam
|Right1 = Percent
|title = Sects of Islam
|titlebar = #Fcd116}}
People in all the hamlets of Arizal follow [[Islam]] and the whole of the population of Arizal belong to [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] sect of [[Islam]]. Most of the people of the village follows the [[Hanafi |Hanafi School Of Thought]]. However Rising Tendency towards [[Salafi movement|Salafi School Of Thought]]<ref name=":0" /> Can't be Underestimated. Religious education is imparted through ''[[Madrasas]]'' either early in the morning or in the evening time.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
[[Imam|Ghulam Ali Malik]] is the [[Imam]] (Religious head) of the village.

== See also ==
* [[Rathsoon]]
* [[Aripanthan]]
* [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[Ohangam]]
*[[Sonapah]]
*[[Wanihama]]
*[[Meerpora]]
*[[Kandoora|Kandour]]
*[[Chewdara]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Budgam district}}

[[Category:Villages in Budgam district]]

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