Kishtwar

Kishtwar is a municipality in the Kishtwar District of the Jammu region in J&K. As the seat of district administration, it houses governmental offices including the Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Education officer, Chief Horticulture Officer, Chief Agriculture officer, Sheep Husbandry, ChiefAnimal Husbandry officer, DFO, ACD, Executive Engineer (Xen) PWD, Xen PDD, Xen PHE, GM NHPC, GM CVPP and other district officers. The town is the only municipality of the district and center of business and learning in the district. The town has been the seat of the historic kingdom of Kishtwar and has faced many great Indian military campaigns including that of Mughals. The king of Kishtwar was the subsidiary of Kashmir Kingdom and owe its cultural and linguistic similarity to the Kashmir valley. The Muslims of this area speak Kashmiri language,while the Hindus speak Kishtwari, a dialect of Kashmiri. Being a part of Dogra kingdom certain customs and words of Dogri have also been incorporated in the native language.