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Kishtwar is a municipality in the Kishtwar District of the Jammu region in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] District Kishtwar was carved out in the year 2007 and it started functioning as an independent administrative unit on 01-04-2007.Template:Citation needed Kishtwar town, the headquarter of District Kishtwar is situated at a distance of Template:Cvt from the winter capital of Jammu. The altitude of the district varies from Template:Cvt above mean sea level. Commonly known as the "Land of Sapphire and Saffron", it is also very rich in forests and wildlife. One of the most distinguishing features of Kishtwar is a very vast ground with plateau type geography. Locally called as Chogaan, it features in numerous local folklore and legends.[2] Kishtwar is surrounded by the districts Anantnag and Doda and also touches the boundaries of state Himachal Pradesh.
Demographics
Template:As of India census Kishtwar had a population of 14,865. Males constitute 63% of the population and females 37%. Kishtwar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the Indian national average: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 42%. In Kishtwar, 11% of the population is under six years of age. The main language spoken here by the Muslims is Kashmiri and local Hindus of Kishtwar speak a local dialect of Kashmiri language called Kashtwari.[3] The dominant religion in Kishtwar is Islam with 69.21% population, with Hinduism with second-largest religion with 29.59%.[4]
Transport
Air
Kishtwar does not have its own airport as of now, though, there is a helipad in Kishtwar which is located just 3 kilometres north of the city of Kishtwar. The government had started a project in which Kishtwar is to get its own airstrip of 1200–1300 meters long in upcoming years. The government is upgrading it into a full-fledged airstrip.[5][6] The nearest airports to Kishtwar are Jammu Airport and Srinagar International Airport located 219 and 211 kilometres respectively.
Rail
There is no rail-connectivity to Kishtwar yet. The nearest railway station to Kishtwar is Banihal railway station located 174 kilometres from Kishtwar. The nearest major railway station is Jammu Tawi railway station, located at a distance of 221 kilometres.
Road
Kishtwar is well-connected by roads to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and rest of India as several highways and roads pass through Kishtwar including NH 244.
References
- ↑ District Kishtwar.
- ↑ https://kishtwar.nic.in/tourist-place/chowgan-kishtwar/
- ↑ Kashmiri, Ethnologue, retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedKishtwar City Population - ↑ Construction works of airstrip at Kishtwar to begin soon. The Dispatch(30 May 2020). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ↑ Kishtwar in J&K to get full-fledged Airport. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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