Doru Shahabad

Doru Shahabad is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. It is also known as historical township in South Kashmir's Anantnag district. A most prominent and nationally renowned theatre professional of Jammu & Kashmir, Bhawani Bashir Yasir established "Maraaz Cultural & Art Centre Shahabad" in 1977, a Regd. cultural society in Shahabad-Doru and after returning from National School of Drama, he established the first ever theater repertory of J&K - "Kalakaar Repertory Circle", in Dooru-Shahabad Anantang in 1987. In 2010, a local resident, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, invented a walnut-cracking machine that won a prize from the Indian government. In 2011 KAS selection list, the state's topper, Mr. Shafiq Ahmad Wani, also belong to Dooru.DemographicsAt the 2011 India census, Doru had a population of 199,429. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Doru had an average literacy rate of 70.61%, lower than the national average of 68%; with 83.09% of the males and 58.41% of females literate. 23% of the population was under 6 years of age.Notable personnelThis small township has been home to several notable personalities of Kashmiri history, Kashmiri Literature, Art and Culture. Famous Kashmiri poets, such as Rasool Mir (known as the John Keats of Kashmir), Mehmood Gami or Mahmud Gami (Jaami of Kashmir), Hamidullah Shahabadi, Asad Mir, Peer Mushkoor, Ghulam Ahmad Wani (Ama Thoker) and many others originated in Doru Shahabad. The pious religious kashmiri pandit scholar Sh.Damodhar Pandita Shahabadi also had his roots in Doru Shahabad.Doru is also inhabited by some present day heirs of Kashmiri poetry namely S.M. Maqbool Fayiz, Yasir Kashmiri, A.G. Nisar Shahbadi, Waahid Kashmiri, Figaar Kashmiri, Armaan Shahabadi, Faisal Lateef Bodha, Khawaja Ghulam Nabi Bodha, Sher Ali Bodha and the list goes on.