Kishtwar is a town, municipality and administrative headquarter of the Kishtwar district in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
In 2013, the municipality was the location of the Kishtwar Riots, which claimed three lives and injured 80 more,
Demographics
As of the 2011 Indian
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 Muslims is Kashmiri, while the Hindus of Kishtwar speak a
dialect of Kashmiri language called
Kishtwari.
[ Kashmiri, Ethnologue, retrieved 14 July 2018.] The dominant religion in Kishtwar is
Islam, at 70.3% of the population, while there are 28.6% followers of
Hinduism.
Transport
Air
Kishtwar does not have its own airport as 2023, although there is a helipad located 3 km north of the city. The government has a project for a 1200–1300
airstrip in Kishtwar in upcoming years.
The nearest airports to Kishtwar is Srinagar International Airport located 208.8km away.
Rail
There is no rail connectivity to Kishtwar. The nearest railway station is Udhampur railway station, located at a distance of 150 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.
See also
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Government Degree College, Kishtwar.
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Bunjwah
Devigol
