Breswana is a remote Himalayan village in
Doda district of
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
in
India. The village is located above sea level. Breswana village is accessed via trails from Premnagar, the closest town.
Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to:
* People or things related to the Kashmir Valley or the broader region of Kashmir
* Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley
* Kashmiri language, their language
People with the name
* Kashmiri Saikia Barua ...
is the main language of the area. People also use
Urdu as a secondary language.
Geography
It is located in
Saraz region
Saraz or Siraj is a hilly region in Jammu and Kashmir, northern India. Historically a '' pargana'' within the erstwhile state of Kishtwar, the region currently takes up the northern half of Doda district and parts of neighbouring Ramban and Kis ...
and is about away from the last motorable point,
at the wooden bridge over the river
Chenab in the town of Premnagar, which is about from
Doda. Now road bridge three Kilometers from Premnagar (
Doda district) built near Sheva Dal village which shortened it's traveling time. There are three legs of the journey from city to village:
*
Jammu to
Doda: 183 km by road
*
Doda to Premnagar: 15 km by road
* Premnagar to Breswana: 7 km on foot or horseback.
Alternate Road
* Sheva Dal to Brewana: After reaching Premnagar, there is Sheva Dal three km by road towards east from Premnagar. The Sheva Dal Bridge or Sheva Pull is now a working bridge which connects
National Highway 244
The following highways are numbered 244:
Canada
* Manitoba Provincial Road 244
* Prince Edward Island Route 244
Costa Rica
* National Route 244
India
* National Highway 244 (India)
Japan
* Japan National Route 244
United States
* Interstat ...
with Mahalla tehsil of Doda district.
Education
*
Haji Public School
Haji Public School is a not-for-profit progressive school started in 2009 by the Haji family in their ancestral village Breswana, in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir in Northern India. It specifically caters to low income farming famili ...
See also
*
Sabbah Haji
Sabbah Haji is the former Director of Haji Public School, a not-for-profit school established in 2009 by her family in their ancestral village in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Sabbah was born in Dubai in 1982 where her father ...
*
Haji Public School
Haji Public School is a not-for-profit progressive school started in 2009 by the Haji family in their ancestral village Breswana, in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir in Northern India. It specifically caters to low income farming famili ...
References
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Villages in Doda district
Chenab Valley