Lanura becomes first village to go cashless in J&K

Lanura, a village in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), became the first village in the state to go cashless.
●    Lanura village is located some 30 kilometres away from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The village falls in Panchayat Bugroo-B in block Khansahab of the district.
●    Budgam was created as a district of the state in 1979.
●    Prior to its creation, it was part of Srinagar district, before that Budgam was a part of Baramulla district when Srinagar itself was a constituent of the Anantnag district.
●    It is one of the districts in Kashmir with a majority Muslim Shiite population.
●    According to the 2011 census, Badgam district has a population of 735753, roughly equal to the US state of Alaska or the nation of Guyana.
●    It had a sex ratio of 883 females for every 1000 males.