Kahara is a village and ''

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

'' in the

Doda district Doda district is an administrative district of the Jammu division in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kash ...

of the

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of the Indian

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. It is situated between mountainous cliffs from

Thathri Thathri is a town and a notified area committee in Doda district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the sub division and tehsil headquarter of Thathri. Thathri valley is located in the foothills of the Himalayan mount ...

on the Thathri-Gandoh road.

Geography

Kahara is located on the bank of the river Kalgoni and is a hilly area in the Doda district, with several villages including Joura Kalan, Joura Khurd, Budhi, Kunthal, Shamdlian, Jia Halaran, Halaran">oura, Jammu and Kashmir">Joura Kalan, Joura, Jammu and Kashmir">Joura Khurd, Budhi, Kunthal, Shamdlian, Jia Halaran, Halaran, Kencha, Tanta, Malanoo and Batogra. Kahara was part of Thathri ''tehsil'' as a block. It was separated as a new ''tehsil'' in 2007 and is now part of the subdivision Thathri. Kahara is on the Thathri-Gandoh road, which links with National Highway 244 (India)">National Highway 244 at

. Kahara is considered as central place and business hub for the peripheral villages. The tehsil headquarter is well connected with the rural village roads like Kahara–Jai Road, Kahara–Tanta Road, Kahara–Kansoo Road, etc. The main stay of the region is mostly farming as around 90% of the population is rural and directly or indirectly dependent on the agriculture and allied sectors and thus constitutes the main source of livelihood.

Politics

Mehraj Malik is the District Development Council councilor from the Kahara constituency.

References

Villages in Doda district Tehsils of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) {{JammuKashmir-stub