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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Achabal
| native_name = Achival
| image_skyline = File:Achabal.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Achabal Town
| native_name_lang = Kashmiri language
| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
| coordinates = {{coord|33.68|N|75.23|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Jammu & Kashmir
| 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 India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Anantnag district|Anantnag]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_m = 1936
| population_total = 5835
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[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>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 192201
| registration_plate = JK03
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'''Achabal''' ({{IPA-ur|ətʃʰəbəl}}), known as '''Achival'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Wkmv_kashir-encyclopedia-vol-1-jk-culture-academy/mode/1up|title=Kashir Encyclopedia|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts Culture and Languages|year=1986|volume=1|pages=19|language=ks}}</ref> ({{IPA-ks|at͡ʃʰiwal}}) in [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], is a town in [[Anantnag district]], in the union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)| Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]].

Achabal is an important tourist place about 8.1 km away from [[Anantnag]]. The place is notable for an ancient spring surrounded by a garden terraced and developed by the Mughals. The upper portion of the garden is called 'Bag-e-Begum Abad' developed by Malika Noor Jehan Begum in 1616 AD and renowned as Sahib Abad in which there is a Hamam (treasure of water) getting heat from a logical lamp (Tosnag).

[[Waterfall|Cascades]] and fountains have been erected by Mughal Emperors. A mosque standing in the garden is believed to have been
constructed by Mughal Prince Dara Shikwah. Achabal was once the pleasure retreat of Empress Noor Jehan. A trout hatchery is also located nearby.
Achabal is the site of a [[Mughal garden]] called [[Achabal Gardens]].

==Geography==
Achabal is located at {{coord|33.68|N|75.23|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Achhibal.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Achabal]</ref> It has an average elevation of 1936 metres (6352 feet) above [[mean sea level]].

== History ==
According to [[Kalhana|Kalhana's]] [[Rajatarangini]] Achabal(Sanskrit Akṣavāla) was founded by Akṣa son of King Nara II of Gonandiya dynasty.<ref>M.A.Stein Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir Volume I Page 50 Published by Motilal Banarsidass Reprinted 1979.</ref>

==Demographics==
At the 2001 India [[census]], Achabal had a population of 5835. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Achabal had an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 65% of the males and 35% of females literate. 12% of the population was under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

== Nearest tehsils ==
* [[Shangus]]
* [[Anantnag]]
* [[Kokernag]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Municipalities of Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Kashmir Valley}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Anantnag district]]

Achabal - Revision history

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