Reasi district
Reasi district | |
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District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India | |
Mountains near Vaishno Devi Temple | |
Interactive map of Reasi district | |
Reasi district is in the Jammu division (shown with neon blue boundary) of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (shaded in tan in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Reasi): 33°05′N 74°50′E / 33.09°N 74.84°E | |
| Administering country | India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Division | Jammu Division |
| Headquarters | Reasi |
| Tehsils | 1. Reasi, 2. Pouni, 3. Katra, 4. Bhamag, 5. Arnas, 6. Throo, 7. Chassana, 8. Thakrakote, 9. Mahore |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,719 km2 (664 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 314,667 |
| • Density | 183.1/km2 (474.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 8.6% |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 58.15% |
| • Sex ratio | 890 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | JK-20 |
| Website | http://reasi.nic.in |
Reasi district is an administrative district in the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir. The Reasi district is bordered by Udhampur district and Ramban district in the east, Jammu district in the south, Rajouri district in the west and by Kulgam district on the north. The Reasi and Rajouri tehsils formed a joint district called the "Reasi district" at the time of the princely state's accession to India in 1947. As part of the reorganisation, the two tehsils were separated and Reasi was merged with the Udhampur district. It again became a separate district in 2006.
Reasi is one of the oldest towns of the Jammu and Kashmir State. It was the seat of the erstwhile Bhimgarh State, said to have been established by Raja Bhim Dev sometime in the 8th century. It remained an independent principality till 1822, when Maharaja Gulab Singh the then Dogra Raja of Jammu hill region, under the Sikh Empire, consolidated the small states.