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{{About|the village and tehsil in [[Doda district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]|other|Kahara (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|A village and a tehsil in Jammu and Kashmir}}

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| name = Kahara
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| settlement_type =Village/[[Tehsil]]
| image_skyline = Kahara.jpg
| image_alt = Kahara village in Doda District
| image_caption = Kahara village in Doda district, J&K.
| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir
| pushpin_label_position = center
| pushpin_map_alt = Kahara
| pushpin_map_caption = Kahara in Jammu and Kashmir, India
| coordinates = {{coord|33.093945|N|75.869891|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[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 = [[Doda district|Doda]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 1.50
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Kashmiri, Bhalessi, Bhaderwahi, Sarazi, Gojri, Bhalessi
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official Language
| demographics1_info1 = [[Urdu]]
| demographics1_title2 = Spoken
| demographics1_info2 =[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Gujari language|Gojari]], [[Bhadarwahi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 182203
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[District Development Council|DDC Member]]
| blank_info_sec1= Mehraj Din Malik ([[Aam Aadmi Party]])
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'''Kahara''' is a village and [[tehsil]] in [[Doda district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu]], India. It is situated between mountainous cliffs {{convert|30|km|mi}} from [[Thathri]] on Thathri-Gandoh road.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Breeding site records of three sympatric vultures in a mountainous cliff in Kahara-Thathri, Jammu & Kashmir, India|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342475169|author = Kichloo, Muzaffar and Kumar, Sudesh and Sharma, Neeraj|date=June 2020|volume =12|journal = Journal of Threatened Taxa|issue=9|pages=16166–16169|doi=10.11609/jott.5537.12.9.16166-16169|access-date=21 July 2020|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==About==
Kahara is a hilly area in the [[Doda district]], with several villages including [[Joura, Jammu and Kashmir|Joura Kalan]], [[Joura, Jammu and Kashmir|Joura Khurd]], Budhi, Kunthal, Shamdlian, Jia Halaran, Halaran, Kencha, Tanta, Malanoo, and Batogra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Save Forests, villagers appeal minister|url=http://www.jkmonitor.org/index.php/environment/14236-save-forests-villagers-appeal-minister.html|date=24 April 2016|publisher=JK Monitor|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref>

Kahara was part of Thathri [[tehsil]] as a block. It was separated as a new tehsil in 2014, and now it is part of the subdivision Thathri.<ref>{{Cite news|title=TDF demands Delimitation of Assembly seats before Assembly elections|url=https://www.thenorthernherald.com/newsdetail/10022/jammu/tdf-demands-delimitation-of-assembly-seats-before-assembly-elections|date=17 November 2019|publisher=The Northern Herald|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref>

==Route==
Kahara is located {{convert|30|km|mi}} from [[Thathri]] on the Thathri-Gandoh road, which links with [[National Highway 244 (India)|National Highway 244]] at [[Thathri]].<ref>{{Cite news | title =Dilapidated condition of Thathri-Gandoh road irks people|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/dilapidated-condition-of-thathri-gandoh-road-irks-people/|date=20 May 2020|publisher=[[Daily Excelsior]]|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref>

==Famous Personalities==

* Bashir Ahmed Sirwal, from Malanoo, Kahara, was a renowned educator, social activist and a committed congressman.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ghulam Nabi Azad condoles Bashir Ahmed Sirwal demise|url=http://www.knskashmir.com/Ghulam-Nabi-Azad-condoles-Bashir-Ahmed-Sirwal-demise-45538|publisher = KNS Kashmir | date =26 May 2020|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Azad condoles demise of Sirwal|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/azad-condoles-demise-of-sirwal/|date=27 May 2020|publisher=[[Greater Kashmir]]|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref>

==Disasters and tragedies==
On April 25, 2019, a landslide hit a minibus near the Piyakul area of Kahara resulting in 5 deaths and several injured passengers.<ref>{{Cite news| title=Five killed as landslide hits minibus in J-K's Doda district |url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/five-killed-as-landslide-hits-minibus-in-j-k-s-doda-district/story-GfmArChE6bLSkcHlDF5NQP.html|date=25 April 2019 |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Doda district]]

Kahara, Jammu and Kashmir - Revision history

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