Nowshera
Naushera | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Nowshera Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Nowshera Nowshera (India) | |
| 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.
- ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Administrative setup, Rajouri district web site, Archived 20 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine.