Kahara, Jammu and Kashmir

This article is about the village and tehsil in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir. For other, see Kahara (disambiguation).

Kahara is a village and tehsil in the Doda district of the Jammu division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated between mountainous cliffs 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Thathri on the Thathri-Gandoh road.^[1]

Kahara
Village/tehsil
Kahara Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates: 33.093°N 75.870°E / 33.093; 75.870
Country	India
Union Territory	Jammu & Kashmir
Division	Jammu
District	Doda
Area
• Total	1.50 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Kashmiri, Bhalessi, Bhaderwahi, Sarazi, Gojri, Bhalessi
Languages
• Official Language	Urdu
• Spoken	Kashmiri, Gojari, Bhadarwahi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	182203
DDC Member	Mehraj Din Malik (Aam Aadmi Party)

Geography

Kahara is located on the bank of the river Kalgoni and is a hilly area in the Doda district, with several villages including [Indloo ,[Joura, Jammu and Kashmir|Joura Kalan]], Joura Khurd, Budhi, Kunthal, Shamdlian, Jia Halaran, Halaran, Kencha, Tanta, Malanoo and Batogra.^[2]

Kahara was part of Thathri tehsil as a block. It was separated as a new tehsil in 2007 and is now part of the subdivision Thathri.^[3] Kahara is on the Thathri-Gandoh road, which links with National Highway 244 at Thathri.^[4]

Kahara is considered as central place and business hub for the peripheral villages. The tehsil headquarter is well connected with the rural village roads like Kahara–Jai Road, Kahara–Tanta Road, Kahara–Kansoo Road, etc. The main stay of the region is mostly farming as around 90% of the population is rural and directly or indirectly dependent on the agriculture and allied sectors and thus constitutes the main source of livelihood.^[5]

Politics

Mehraj Malik is the District Development Council councilor from the Kahara constituency.^[6]

References

1. Kichloo, Muzaffar; Kumar, Sudesh; Sharma, Neeraj (June 2020). "Breeding site records of three sympatric vultures in a mountainous cliff in Kahara-Thathri, Jammu & Kashmir, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12 (9): 16166–16169. doi:10.11609/jott.5537.12.9.16166-16169. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
2. "Save Forests, villagers appeal minister". JK Monitor. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
3. "TDF demands Delimitation of Assembly seats before Assembly elections". The Northern Herald. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
4. "Dilapidated condition of Thathri-Gandoh road irks people". Daily Excelsior. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
5. Mukhtyar Ahmed. Problems of Agriculture in Doda District.
6. "J&K DDC Polls: Contesting as Independent, AAP leader from Doda scores first win for party". The Free Press Journal. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2022.