Marmat is a

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in the

Doda district Doda is a district in the eastern part of Jammu Division in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The district consists of 18 tehsils viz. Thathri, Bhaderwah, Doda, Mohalla, Bhagwa, Assar, Bhalla, Gundna, Marmat, Kahara, G ...

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. Marmat consists of 18 villages, including the village of Marmat. It is 45 kilometres south of the district headquarters of Doda.

Demographics

According to the census of 2011, Marmat has a population of 28,501 (14,632 males and 13,869 females). The sex ratio is 992 females per 1,000 males. The sex ratio among

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exceeds the rural district-wide sex ratio of 929 females per 1,000 males by as many as four blocks.

Local Wildlife

Himalayan Black Bear The Himalayan black bear (''Ursus thibetanus laniger'') is a subspecies of the Asian black bear found in the Himalayas of India, Bhutan, Nepal, China, and Pakistan. Description It is distinguished from '' U. t. thibetanus'' by its longer, thicke ...
(''Selenarctos thibetanus'')

While the Himalayan Black Bear was quite common in Marmat, its population has experienced a sharp decline due to

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. These bears are now found in the interiors of the steep

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areas of the Marmat ranges, though few are believed to remain alive.

Common Langur Gray langurs, also called Hanuman langurs and Hanuman monkeys, are Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent constituting the genus ''Semnopithecus''. Traditionally only one species ''Semnopithecus entellus'' was recognized, but since a ...
(''Presbytis entellus'')

Locally known as langur, these animals are frequently found in the forests of Marmat. They inhabit altitudes up to 3,500 meters above

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. In general, they are more arboreal in habitat than

macaque The macaques () constitute a genus (''Macaca'') of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and (in one instance) Gibraltar. Macaques are principally ...

s. They occasionally pillage gardens and cultivated areas. Langurs live in reasonably large groups of all ages and both sexes.

Koklass Pheasant The koklass pheasant (''Pucrasia macrolopha'') is a species of gamebird, being closely related to progenitive grouse that lived during the Miocene. They are distantly related to pheasants and are most closely related to grouse and turkeys. Ko ...
(''Ceriornis macrolophus'')

The Koklass Pheasant is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

that can be found in Doda, between the

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and Marmat ranges.

Villages in Marmat

* GOHA * PRABAL * BARI * Gangalwar * Hambal * Hud * Kalaya * Khalleni * Mangota * Malhori * Mothi * Behota * Paryote * Roat * Sarak * Saras * Sarsi * Seote

Disasters and tragedies

On 12 November 2019, at least 16 people killed in a road accident near Khellani village of Marmat tehsil. Another incident happened on 20 August 2002 where entire village panchayat Mangota A and B were burnt by Army.

References

Villages in Doda district {{JammuKashmir-geo-stub