Thorar is a town in Poonch District in

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...

. It is located about 20 miles from

Rawalakot Rawalakot ( ur, ) is the capital of Poonch district in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in the Pir Panjal Range. History Along with Pallandri, Rawalakot was the focal point of the 1955 Poonch uprising. It was led by the local Sudhans ...

city, the capital of

Poonch Poonch, sometimes also spelt Punchh, may refer to: * Historical Poonch District, a district in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in British India, split in 1947 between: ** Poonch district, India ** Poonch Division, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, ...

district.

Location

Thorar is a Tehsil of District Poonch (Rawalakot), Azad Kashmir, and is connected to Rawalakot and Muzaffarabad by main roads. Its suburbs are Tain, Mang, Jassapeer, Bhalgran, Nar, Bosa Gala and Androt, Kheruta, Siranagala. The literacy rate in Thorar is over 75%. It is about from Kohala, Thorar is also linked to

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(via the neighbouring areas of Azad Pattan and Dhalkot), and to

Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad (; ur, ) is the capital and largest city of Azad Kashmir, and the 60th largest in Pakistan. The city is located in Muzaffarabad District, near the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers. The district is bounded by the Pak ...

via Kohalla. There is one Govt. Boys Degree College, Govt. Girls College and some private colleges and schools for boys and girls some of which are Ghzaia-e- Millat public school Thorar, Bright Future Public School Thorar, Little Angles public School Thorar and Iqra Public School Thorar Sardi_Laway_Bhalgran_view

Occupation

There are very few job opportunities compared to the size of population. People of Thorar are educated and few of them work in schools or services sector in Government of

Most of the people from this area (almost 60%) work in foreign countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE and many more. Cricket is the most popular sports, volleyball is also played in some areas, Every year a big tournament of volleyball is arranged in which players from the whole country participate.

Shopping

The town has few good bazaars where all essential commodities of life are easily available.

Pictures

File:Gulzar-e-Madina Mosque Thorar.jpg, Gulzar-e-Madina Mosque Thorar File:Shaheeda Hussain Bibi Memorial in Thorar.jpg, Shaheeda Hussain Bibi Memorial Image:Thorar and jesa.JPG, Thorar & jesa Image:Thorar Zadgaar 1.jpg, Thorar Zadgaar from. Image:Mong 1.jpg, Mong division next to Thorar Image:Kass bazar (Aziz-Abad).jpg, Kass bazar (Aziz-Abad). File:Sardi Bhalgran.jpg, Sardi Bhlagran Image:Dhaybarun Bhalgran.JPG, Dhaybarun Bhalgran Image:Bhalgran,_hyall_&_chetti_thrar.jpg, hyall & chetti thrar Image:Androt.jpg, Androt Image:Thorar main bazar.jpg, Thorar Bazar near Masjid Image:Bhalgran july 2009.jpg, lower bhalgran

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Citations

{{Commons category, Thorar 2005 Kashmir earthquake Poonch District, Pakistan