Ramban is a town in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, India in the disputed Kashmir region. which is the district headquarters of Ramban district. It lies on the banks of the Chenab river in Jammu Division on the National Highway-1A (now NH-44) at about 120 km from Jammu and about 130 km from Srinagar, making it almost the central point on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.Statement showing the number of blocks in respect of 22 Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State including newly Created Districts dated 2008-03-13, accessed 2008-08-30
History C.E. Bats writes in his book, ‘The Gazetteer of Kashmir’, that before the formation of the J&K State in 1846, there was a small village consisting of 15 houses on the right bank of Chenab river known as Nashband (later 'Ramban'). When Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu became the Maharaja of J&K State, he adopted the Jammu-Udhampur-Banihal route to reach Srinagar for the movement of royal caravans. In this process, Ramban received the status of halting station for the royal caravans. The Dogras constructed a pucca building near present Ramban and a wooden bridge for the crossing of Chenab River. Sukhdev Singh Chadak writes in his book Maharaja Ranbir Singh that Maharaja passed an order for a cart road from Jammu to Srinagar via Banihal and a suspension bridge over Chenab River at Ramban. This road became a national highway; it is being converted into four lanes. With the development of this road, the halting station Ramban also developed significantly and now it has got the status of district headquarters.
Geography Ramban district has an average elevation of 747 metres (3792 feet). The boundary lines of Ramban district have come to be drawn from Patnitop on its south, Assar on its east, Gool on its west and Banihal on its north. Ramban district comprises seven Tehsils, namely Banihal, Khari, Pogal Paristan, Ramban, Rajgarh and Gool, and four community development blocks, namely Banihal, Gool, Ramban and Ramsoo. The district consisted of 116 census villages and 127 Revenue villages in 2001. Total panchayat Halqas in District Ramban are 142.
Climate
Demographics
, the Indian census shows Ramban town with a population of 3,596, of which 1,873 are males while 1,723 are females. The literacy rate of Ramban town is 82.23%. In Ramban, male literacy is around 90.42% while female literacy rate is 73.52%.
Villages in Ramban District + List of Villages in Ramban District (A-Z Order) S. No. Village Name Population 1 Adhwa 1,424 2 Ashmar 665 3 Badhol 176 4 Balhote 2,205 5 Balwat 2,285 6 Bandan 1,087 7 Bandhera 297 8 Banera Jagir 353 9 Barthal 487 10 Batli 1,330 11 Beruni Batote 463 12 Beruni Ramban 426 13 Bhajmasta 1,366 14 Bhathan 906 15 Bhehimdasa 1,126 16 Chaka 1,325 17 Chakwah 957 18 Chanderkot 1,501 19 Chhachhwan 2,860 20 Chhampa 3,444 21 Chilla 59 22 Dalwah 5,431 23 Damote 2,538 24 Daramen 761 25 Darham 3,961 26 Dehdah 2,636 27 Deswal 60 28 Dhalwas Dhaino 2,153 29 Dhandla 1,525 30 Dhandnat 1,703 31 Dhar 852 32 Dharalta 911 33 Dharli 107 34 Dharmond 2,603 35 Dhothan Jagir 611 36 Digdole 1,288 37 Dukson 1,011 38 Famroot 1,519 39 Forest Block 92 40 Gam 1,029 41 Gandhote 1,558 42 Gandri 1,591 43 Ganote 1,557 44 Ghari 1,149 45 Gool 9,574 46 Gundi 3,336 47 Halla 2,870 48 Haroge 2,139 49 Hiller 830 50 Ind 1,515 51 Jawari 2,337 52 Jhatgali 2,009 53 Kahbi Jagir 1,770 54 Kalimasta 1,789 55 Kamet 1,327 56 Kanfar 2,579 57 Kanthi 1,978 58 Karman 1,459 59 Kathri 401 60 Khanga 2,453 61 Kothi Jagir 1,043 62 Kundi 759 63 Lodhwal 620 64 Maha Kund 2,404 65 Marog 1,195 66 Mawalkot 1,289 67 Metra gobind Pura 4,108 68 Narthyal 1,043 69 Neghal 1,475 70 Nera 1,343 71 Papryah 939 72 Pari Jagir 130 73 Pernote 3,260 74 Rajgarh 2,122 75 Rakh Jargoh 1,169 76 Sana 1,998 77 Sanasar 2,586 78 Sancha 796 79 Sangaldan 876 80 Sarbhangni 2,346 81 Savni 1,986 82 Seldhar 1,265 83 Seri 2,023 84 Shagan 2,891 85 Sonmbar Barhog 2,003 86 Sripura 1,311 87 Tanger 343 88 Tatarsu 1,260 89 Teli 476 90 Thanger Jagir 1,292 91 Thatharka 3,105 92 Thopal 869 93 Tringla 492 94 Wanding 186
Attractions
Gajpat Fort There is an important fort known as Gajpat Fort on the top of the mountain. It is said that once Sheikh Abdullah was kept imprisoned in this fort for several days during initial years of accession of Jammu and Kashmir. In 1825, Gulab Singh imprisoned Raja Sultan Khan of Bimbar in this fort. Sultan Khan died there and was buried at Chanderkote. In 1858 Mean Hathu Singh, the Governor of Rajouri, and close relatives of Maharaja revolted against the state government and tried to kill Maharaja Ranbir Singh. Mean Hathu was arrested and moved to Gajpat fort.
Mosques in Ramban Jamma Masjid is located in Masjid Market Ramban Just Near newly Constructed Flyover Cafeteria Masjid and Jadeed Jamma Masjid Near Higher Secondary school Ramban and other mosques in Maitra is Jamia Masjid Salfia Upper Maitra.
Literacy rate Town: 82.23% District: 54.27%
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Transport Road Ramban is well-connected by road to other places in Jammu and Kashmir, India by the NH 44.
Rail Ramban is connected with railways. The nearest railway station is Sangaldan-Ramban Railway Station, located at a distance of 28 kilometres.
Air The nearest airport is Jammu Airport, located at a distance of 124 kilometres.
See also Ramban district Banihal Sangaldan
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