Thorar

Thorar, Pakistan
Town
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Coordinates: 33°51′N73°39′E / 33.850°N 73.650°E / 33.850; 73.650
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Azad Kashmir
District	Poonch
Government
Population
• Tribes	Sadozai and Mangral Rajput
Languages
• Official	Urdu [1] [2] [note 1]
• Spoken	Punjabi Pahari-Pothwari Gojri
Time zone	PST
Area code	12310

Thorar is a town in Poonch District in Azad Kashmir. There are some villages around it like Bhalgran. It is located about 20 miles from Rawalakot city, the capital of Poonch district.

Sardi laway Bhalgran view from Thorar Bazar

Pictures

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  Gulzar-e-Madina Mosque Thorar
• 
  Shaheeda Hussain Bibi Memorial
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  Thorar & jesa
• 
  Thorar Zadgaar from.
• 
  Mong division next to Thorar
• 
  Kass bazar (Aziz-Abad).
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  Sardi Bhlagran
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  Dhaybarun Bhalgran
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  hyall & chetti thrar
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  Androt
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  Thorar Bazar near Masjid
• 
  lower bhalgran

See also

• Bhalgran

Notes

1. Snedden (2013, p. 176): On p. 29, the census report states that Urdu is the official language of the government of Azad Kashmir, with Kashmiri, Pahari, Gojri, Punjabi, Kohistani, Pushto, and Sheena 'frequently spoken in Azad Kashmir'. Yet, when surveyed about their 'mother tongue', Azad Kashmiris' choices were limited to selecting from Pakistan's major languages: Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushto, Balochi, Saraiki, and 'others'; not surprisingly, 2.18 million of Azad Kashmir's 2.97 million people chose 'others'.

References

Citations

1. "Kashmir".
2. Rahman 1996, p. 226.

Sources

• Rahman, Tariq (1996). Language and politics in Pakistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-577692-8.
• Snedden, Christopher (2013) [first published as The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir, 2012]. Kashmir: The Unwritten History. HarperCollins India. ISBN   978-9350298985.