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Billawar is a town and a notified area committee in Kathua district of the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Billawar was founded by Raja Bhog Pal in the 7th century A.D.[1] and It was a kingdom and it's capital was Basohli until the 11th century.[2]
Geography
Billawar is located at Template:Coord.[3] It has an average elevation of Template:Convert. Billawar town is situated in the lap of the Shivalik mountains between the banks of the Naz and Bheeni rivulets, approximately 70 km from Dayala Chak on Delhi-Jammu NH-1A.
Billawar tehsil
The Billawar tehsil (1 of 8 tehsils) of Kathua district has 46 panchayat villages.[4]
History
Raja Bhog Pal, a son of the king of Kullu Valley, founded Basohli and established Billawar as the capital in 765 A.D. after subduing Rana Billo, a feudal chief who once ruled the area. The ruling house was subsequently known as Balouria, deriving from Balor.[5] The old name of Billawar is "Bilawara".Template:Pie chart
Demographics
As of the 2011 India census,[6] Billawar had a population of 11,916. Billawar has two boroughs - old Billawar town and Phinter area. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Billawar has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy rate of 78% and female literacy rate of 58%. 12% of the population is under six years of age. The major religions in Billawar are Hinduism (88.2%) and Islam (9.7%).
References
- ↑ Paintings and Lifestyles of Jammu Region: From 17th to 19th Century A.D{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Kalpaz Publications(2006). ISBN 9788178355771
- ↑ Paintings and lifestyles of Jammu Region : from 17th to 19th century A.D.{{#if:Kumar, Raj, 1960-|, Kumar, Raj, 1960-}. Kalpaz Publications(2006). ISBN 8178354411
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Billawar
- ↑ Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Billawar, Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
- ↑ Paintings and lifestyles of Jammu Region : from 17th to 19th century A.D.{{#if:Kumar, Raj, 1960-|, Kumar, Raj, 1960-}. Kalpaz Publications(2006). ISBN 8178354411
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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