Nowshera
Naushera | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 33°9′36″N 74°14′24″E / 33.16000°N 74.24000°E | |
Country | India |
Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
District | Rajouri |
Elevation | 1,575 m (5,167 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 9,122 |
Languages | |
• Official | Pothwari,Gojri,Dogri, Hindi, Urdu, Kashmiri, English[1][2] |
• Spoken | Dogri,Gojri, Pahari, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 185151 |
Vehicle registration | JK-11 |
Literacy | 79% |
Website | rajouri |
Nowshera (alternatively spelt Nowshehra and Naushera) is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous tehsil of Rajouri district in the Jammu division of the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[3] It is governed by a Municipal committee and in rural area of Nowshera consists of 14 panchayats governed by local bodies under the supervision of district administration Rajouri.