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| group = Kishtwari people<br />
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| native_name = Kishtwari<br />
| population = 230,696<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kishtwar District Population, Jammu & Kashmir, List of Tehsils in Kishtwar |url=https://www.censusindia2011.com/jammu-kashmir/kishtwar-population.html |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Censusindia2011.com |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
| regions = {{Flag|India}} <br /> ([[Kishtwar]], [[Chenab Valley]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]])<br />
| languages = [[Kishtwari]] [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]]<br />
| related_groups = Kashmiri people, Chenabi people<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kishtwaris''' are an ethnolinguistic group related to [[Kashmiri people]] inhabiting the [[Kishtwar district]] of the [[Chenab Valley]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India.<br />
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== Language ==<br />
The Kishtwari is their primary language.It is classified as a dialect of Kashmiri,Kishtwari shares similarities with Kashmiri due to a common origin.<ref>{{Cite journal| last1 = Sheikh| first1 = Aejaz Mohammed| last2 = Kuchey| first2 = Sameer Ahmad| date = 2014| title =Kishtwari | journal = Indian Linguistics| volume = 75| issue = 3–4| pages = 55–66| issn = 0378-0759}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahapatra |first=B. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yU8nq-C6wnoC&dq=dialects+of+kashmiri+language&pg=PA269 |title=Constitutional languages |date=1989 |publisher=Presses Université Laval |isbn=978-2-7637-7186-1 |page=270 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Religion ==<br />
The Kishtwaris are a religiously diverse community. According to the 2011 census, Islam is the dominant religion, followed by Hinduism. Smaller populations adhere to Sikhism, Christianity, and Buddhism.<ref name="census2011-C01">{{cite report |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW01C-01%20MDDS.XLS |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Kishtwar region has a rich history of cultural exchange. Traditionally, the area was primarily inhabited by ancestors of the Kashmiris.<ref>{{cite web | title=District Census 2011 Handbook of Kishtwar | url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s317d63b1625c816c22647a73e1482372b/uploads/2016/09/2018033088.pdf | access-date=2024-04-04}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Kishtwar district]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]</div>ShannonAguayo