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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bijbehara
| native_name = Vejibror
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Bijbehara.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = View of central Bijbehara
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
| coordinates = {{coord|33.80|N|75.10|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Government of Jammu and Kashmir.svg}} [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Anantnag district|Anantnag]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_m = 1591
| population_total = 22,789 Excluding - Takia Bal And Ghad Hanjipora
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Gojri]], [[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
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = JK-03
| website = {{URL|anantnag.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| official_name = Bijbiara
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'''Bijbehara''' ({{IPA|ur|biːd͡ʒbɪɦɑːɽɑː}}), known as '''Vejibror''' ({{IPA|ks|ʋed͡ʒibroːr}} or {{IPA|ks|ʋed͡ʒibʲoːr|}}) in [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], is a town and a [[Nagar Panchayat (Notified Area Council)|notified area committee]] in [[Anantnag district]] of the [[India]]n administered [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is located on [[National Highway 44 (India)|NH 44]], and [[Jhelum River|jehlum]] bank. Bijbehara town is also known as "Town of Chinars" because of a number of Chinars there especially two Chinar gardens (Paadshaahi Bagh and [[Dara Shikoh Garden]]). Bijbehara is the home to oldest [[Platanus orientalis|chinar]] tree in the region.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} The town is situated about {{cvt|45|km}} from the summer capital of union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Srinagar]].

==Etymology==
[[File:Plate 21. Bij-Beara, between Islamabad and the city of Kashmir - Part 2. Recollections of India (FIRST EDITION) 5588 021 (cropped).jpg|thumb|''Bij-Beara'' in 1846, as sketched by [[Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge|Charles Hardinge]]]]
The word '''Bijbehara or Vijbor or Vijbror''' has been derived from Sanskrit word '''Vijayeshwar'''. It was an ancient site of ''Shiva Vijayeshwar''.<ref>Cultural Heritage of Jammu and Kashmir, p.161</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Apples of tribjee arwani, Bijbehara 4.jpg|thumb|Apples of tribjee arwani, Bijbehara]]
Bijbehara is located at {{Coord|33.80|N|75.10|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Bijbiara.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Bijbiara, India|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 1,591 metres (5,223 feet). It is situated to the north of district headquarters on the banks of [[Jhelum River]] popularly known locally as "Veth". Bijbehara lies four miles north of Anantnag town.

The town is surrounded and intersected by plateaus,{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} including the Totak Shah, from where the whole town can be seen. There are many other plateaus which are being urbanised.

The town localities of Bijbehara include: Goriwan chowk, Old town, Ziyarat road, Baba Mohalla, Zirpara chowk, Sadar Bazar, Vaid Mohalla, Dobighat, Khar Mohalla, Eidgah, Pandit Hamaam, Pomposh Mohalla, Saraf Mohalla, Peershah Mohalla, Ahanger Mohalla, Feroze Shah Mohalla, Sheikh Mohalla and GH pora.

The town has recently expanded to include new housing colonies such as: New Colony Bijbehara, Eidgah basti, Qazi Mohalla, Sicop Colony, Padshahi Bagh Colony, Friends Colony, Deewan Bagh, Eidgah Colony and Tehsil Road-Baghandar.

===Divisions===
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2021}}
The areas which come under the constituency of Bijbehara are as follows:
*Mattan
*Nanil
*Kanelwan
*Push Kriri
*Khiram
*Akura

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Bijbehara Town (2011)<ref name="Bijbehara Town population">{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia2011.com/jammu-kashmir/anantnag/bijbehara/bijbehara-mc-population.html|title=Bijbehara Town Population|work=Census India|accessdate=12 July 2021}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Islam]]
|value1 = 95.84
|color1 = Green
|label2 = [[Hinduism]]
|value2 = 3.87
|color2 = DarkOrange
|label3 = [[Sikhism]]
|value3 = 0.06
|color3 = Yellow
|label4 = [[Christianity]]
|value4 = 0.16
|color4 = Blue
|label5 = [[Buddhism]]
|value5 = 0.06
|color5 = Gold
|label6 = Not stated
|value6 = 0.02
|color6 = Black
}}

The [[town]] had a [[population]] of 22,789 (12,057 men and 10,732 women) per the report released by Census India 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800030-bijbehara.html|title=Bijbehara City Population Census 2011 - Jammu and Kashmir|website=www.census2011.co.in|access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> Children aged 0–6 made up 14.97% (3,411) of the total population of Bijbehara.

==Education==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2021}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|

*[[Government Degree College, Bijbehara]]
*Islamia High School Bijbehara
*Public School English Medium Bijbehara
*Delhi Public School, Sangam, Bijbehara
*Gov. Boys Model Hr. Sec. School
*Gov. Girls Model Hr. Sec. School
*Oxford Public School
*Crescent Public School
*Gems Public School
*Cambridge Public School
*Kashmir Public School
*Zenith Institute Of Education
*Zaiba Aapa Inst. Of Inclusive Edu.
*Kashmir Public School
*Big Bang School Sicop
*Sky Touch School
}}

==Religious places==
*[[Baba Naseeb-ud-Din Ghazi]] shrine, Bijbehara
*Totak shah Sahib shrine, Hill Station New colony Bijbehara
*Vijayeshwar Mahadev Temple, Bijbehara

==List of villages in Bijbehara Tehsil==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2021}}
There are about 52 villages in Bijbehara:

{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
*Ader
*Arwani
*Aswara
*Bander Pora
*Bewora
*Batagund
*Chini Gund
*Chunda Pora
*Dari Gund
*Dupathyar
*Gadhanji Pora
*[[Gantali Pora]]
*[[Gadiseer Bijbehara]]
*Guree
*Gund Chel
*Gund Nasir
*Gund Nowroze
*Hamzeh Pora
*Hatigam
*Haussan Pora Bagh
*Hafizabad Laktipora
*Hayar
*Inder Mooni
*Jabli Pora
*Joibal
*Kanalwan
*Kandi Pora
*Katu
*Khiram
*Khush Roi Kalan
*Kitriteng
*Krandi Gam
*Laribal
*Mahind
*Marhama
*Meera Gund
*Niyana Gund Baba Khalil
*Nowshehra
*Wopzan
*Rakh Hassain Pora
*Rakh Moman Dangit Pora
*Rakhi Kitri Teng
*Sangam
*[[Semthan]]
*Shala Gam
*Shiti Pora
*Sirhama
*Sither Satghar
*Sotki Pora
*Subhan Pahari
*Takia Bal
*Thaji War
*Trubji
*Tula Khan
*Vedai
*Veeri
*Waghama
}}

==Transportation==
===Road===
Bijbehara is connected to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the [[National Highway 44 (India)|NH 44]] which passes through Bijbehara and other intra-district roads.

===Rail===
[[Bijbehara railway station]] in the town is part of the 119 km long Kashmir Railway that runs from Baramulla to Banihal.

===Air===
The nearest airport is [[Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport|Srinagar International Airport]] located 51 kilometres from Bijbehara.

==Notable people==
* [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]], politician from erstwhile [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|State of Jammu and Kashmir]] and founder of [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party]] (PDP). He served as [[List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister of India]].
* [[Mehbooba Mufti]], president of PDP, served as the [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]] of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State. She is the daughter of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
* [[Parvez Rasool]], Indian [[cricket]]er.
* [[Javed Ahmad Tak|Javed Ahmed Tak]], social work.

==See also==
*[[1993 Bijbehara massacre|Bijbehara Massacre]]
*[[Anantnag]]
*[[Kokernag]]
*[[Parvez Rasool]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Jammu and Kashmir topics}}
{{Kashmir Valley}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Anantnag district]]
[[Category:Ancient Indian cities]]
[[Category:Tehsils of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)]]

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MatthewEbner at 02:36, 26 November 2025