OverView of Reshipora

Reshipora-meaning "the village of ISLAMIC SAINT" originally composed of the two words Reshi means"Islamic saint" and pora means "place". This village came into existence after the settlement of the islamic preacher-BABA SANGER-U-DIN(R.A), who acted as a khalifah of the famous and renowedsaint SHIEKH NOOR-U-DIN NOORANI(R.A).With his journey to diferrent places, He made Reshipora asthe centre,and settled here permanantely.Reshipora was actually a dome of water in the form of lake with the elevated peice of land where He(R.A) settled and gradually by the law of nature it became village. The population of the village was few at that time now it is running in thousands.
Reshipora is located at the SHOPIAN-ANANTNAG road about 13 Km's from the main city of SHOPIAN.Thenearby market place is ZAINAPORA and CHITRAGAM, HALQA SoFIPORA(Unfortunately).This village is of importance as it was the centre of whole area for trade because there was a central cooperativestores of the govt. Also Reshipora has a major RECIEVING POWER GRID STATION and a newly devolping POLICE HEADQUARTERS,POLICE LINES and POLICE training SCHOOL.
The people are of modern thinking.people are very civilised and cultured mainly concerned with the agriculture, Apple is the most fruit grown here.walnuts,Cherries,pears etc are also grown in abundant quantity + Rice,Wheat,Pulses,Cereals etc are also cultivated here.Ther is a plenty of land Gifted By the almighty ALLAH. There are predominant landlords in the Village amoung them is AB. RASHID WANI owing almost 100 Kanals of the land under the Apple cultivation.REshipora has always of graet importance in the district.

There were renowed personalities from the very begining amoung them are
1.Gh. Rasool Bhat (Naib tehsildar 1920's)

2. Abdul Samad Reshi(Great scholar, Writer and poet) 

3.Sona-U-alla reshi( corporate)

4.Habib-u-lla reshi(politician)
5.Gh. Mushtafa malik.(Politician)
6.Sona-u-lla reshi (Numerdar-very wise)

  There is a famous tourist place called NEIL-NAAG where the famous shaier-e-kashmir used to stay and is identified by  the peotry of RASUL MIR.The neighbouring villages are
a. Chitragam
b. Zainapora
c. sofipora 
d. shirmal

There is a govt school located at the upper side called herpora. currently there is one religious maktaba running under the SOWTUL AWALIA namely HANIFIA DRASGAH imparting the islamic education to the younger generation. Reshipora is having a beautifull JAMIA MASJID and a tomb of BABA SANGER-u-DIN (R.A) SAHAB. also  an Institude for the welfare of POOR, ORPHANS and THE NEEDY is bieng running here smoothly.