Batote

2021-05-16T16:14:06Z

2401:4900:587F:10F8:F28F:17CD:8298:35A7: Added shiv garh as tourist destination

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Batote
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Dogri, Urdu
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir
| coordinates = {{coord|33.10|N|75.32|E|region:IN-JK|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ramban District|Ramban]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1555
| population_total = 4,315
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[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}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Spoken
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 182143
}}

'''Batote''' is a town and a [[notified area committee]] in [[Ramban district]] of [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] on [[National Highway 44 (India)|NH 44]] (former name [[National Highway 1A (India, old numbering)|NH 1A]] just beyond [[Patnitop]] while going towards [[Srinagar]].

==Tourism==
Batote is located on the national highway [[National Highway 44 (India)|NH 44]] from [[Jammu]] to [[Srinagar]] at {{coord|33.10|N|75.32|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Batoti.html Batote], fallingrain.com; accessed 31 March 2018.</ref> It has an average elevation of 1,555 metres (6,584 feet).

Batote is very green and has many mountains. People of this town is so friendly. It also has a small city centre where you can find many necessary things. You can spend your summers here; it hardly reaches 32°C in summer. Snowfall in winter every year makes this place really awesome. Some famous picnic spots Patnitop and Sanasar are located 14 km and 32 km from Batote and an unexplored beautiful location known as shiv garh located near Batote but we can reach there only by trekking.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher=Census Commission of India}}</ref>,Batote had a population of 4,315.{{When|date=April 2018}} Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Batote has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of the males and 40% of females literate. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Climate==
{{Weather box
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
| width = auto
| location = Batote (1981–2010, extremes 1977–2012)
| Jan record high C = 22.6
| Feb record high C = 23.7
| Mar record high C = 27.0
| Apr record high C = 31.2
| May record high C = 36.6
| Jun record high C = 36.3
| Jul record high C = 34.2
| Aug record high C = 32.5
| Sep record high C = 29.7
| Oct record high C = 29.2
| Nov record high C = 26.1
| Dec record high C = 22.1
| year record high C = 36.6
| Jan high C = 10.8
| Feb high C = 11.8
| Mar high C = 16.5
| Apr high C = 21.9
| May high C = 25.9
| Jun high C = 28.3
| Jul high C = 26.7
| Aug high C = 26.3
| Sep high C = 25.7
| Oct high C = 23.1
| Nov high C = 18.3
| Dec high C = 13.8
| year high C = 20.8
| Jan low C = 1.7
| Feb low C = 2.7
| Mar low C = 6.3
| Apr low C = 10.2
| May low C = 13.3
| Jun low C = 16.3
| Jul low C = 18.0
| Aug low C = 17.8
| Sep low C = 14.7
| Oct low C = 9.8
| Nov low C = 5.9
| Dec low C = 3.4
| year low C = 10.0
| Jan record low C = -5.7
| Feb record low C = -7.2
| Mar record low C = -3.0
| Apr record low C = 1.2
| May record low C = 3.2
| Jun record low C = 8.0
| Jul record low C = 11.0
| Aug record low C = 10.8
| Sep record low C = 7.8
| Oct record low C = 3.1
| Nov record low C = -1.2
| Dec record low C = -3.8
| year record low C = -7.2
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 176.8
| Feb rain mm = 225.8
| Mar rain mm = 227.2
| Apr rain mm = 129.3
| May rain mm = 103.2
| Jun rain mm = 91.4
| Jul rain mm = 179.6
| Aug rain mm = 149.1
| Sep rain mm = 98.0
| Oct rain mm = 40.9
| Nov rain mm = 45.5
| Dec rain mm = 95.8
| year rain mm = 1562.5
| Jan rain days = 6.6
| Feb rain days = 8.5
| Mar rain days = 8.9
| Apr rain days = 7.2
| May rain days = 7.2
| Jun rain days = 6.8
| Jul rain days = 10.0
| Aug rain days = 9.2
| Sep rain days = 4.8
| Oct rain days = 2.9
| Nov rain days = 2.3
| Dec rain days = 4.4
| year rain days = 78.7
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 63
| Feb humidity = 64
| Mar humidity = 59
| Apr humidity = 51
| May humidity = 48
| Jun humidity = 52
| Jul humidity = 72
| Aug humidity = 77
| Sep humidity = 72
| Oct humidity = 57
| Nov humidity = 54
| Dec humidity = 54
|year humidity = 60
| source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Batote Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 113–114
| access-date = 24 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M74
| access-date = 24 March 2020}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
*[[Doda, Jammu and Kashmir|Doda]]

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Ramban district]]

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