Kathua district

Kathua district is an administrative district in the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is surrounded by Jammu to the northwest, Doda and Udhampur districts to the north, the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh to the east and Punjab to the south. Pakistan's working boundary is to the west.

Kathua district is divided into 8 blocks: Bani, Barnoti, Basholi, Billawar, , Duggan, Ghagwal, Hiranagar, Kathua and Lohai Malhar. It has approximately 512 villages.

The traditional language of Kathua is Dogri with some Pahari influence. Pahari languages are prevalent in the mountainous area of the east. The principal media of education are English, Hindi, and Urdu.