Jantroon Dhar or Jantroon Top is a location in the
Doda district
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, in
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. It is a local hill station and a meadow in the Forest Block area, 15 kilometers away from
Thathri. The place is surrounded by lush green meadows, snow in winters and covered with dense vegetation. Thousands of local tourists visit every year for spectating three days
dangal-cum-wrestling match.
Etymology
The word Jantroon is derived from
Gojri phrase "Jannat Ma Roon" (trans: Living in Paradise) which later emerged as Jantroon.
About and demographics
The hill station lies in the
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
Chiralla
Chiralla is an Indian village and a tehsil in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. It was formerly part of Thathri
Thathri is a town and a notified area committee in Doda district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Thath ...
and
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 ...
, earlier in
Thathri tehsil of
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* 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 ...
and does not inhabit (Un-inhabited) any population or households near it.
Local tourists visit annually in Summer to explore the place.
Development
Jantroon Dhar is 5 km away from the nearest road. Plans have been discussed by the district development commissioner to connect it to the road network.
References
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Hills of Jammu and Kashmir
Tourist attractions in Doda district