Reasi District
| Reasi district | |
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| District | |
Vaishno Devi temple
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 Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
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| Coordinates: 33°05′N 74°50′E / 33.09°N 74.84°ECoordinates: 33°05′N 74°50′E / 33.09°N 74.84°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Established | April 2007 |
| Headquarters | Reasi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,719 km2 (664 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 314,667 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Languages |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Website | http://reasi.gov.in/ |
Reasi district (Urdu: ضلع ریاسی ) is a district of the Indian state of Jammu and 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 tehsiles formed a joint district called the "Reasi district" at the time of 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 Raja Gulab Singh the then Raja of Jammu hill region, under the Sikh empire, consolidated the small states.
Reasi is located at a distance of 64 km from Jammu and is bounded by Tehsil Gool-Gulabgarh in the north, Tehsil Sunderbani and Kalakote of District Rajouri in the west, Tehsil Udhampur in the east, Tehsils Jammu and Akhnoor of District Jammu on the south. Reasi sub division has a population of 1,20,380 as per 2001 census with 25.57% Muslims and Hindu majority. Climatically a major part of this Sub-Division falls in sub-tropical zone and the rest in temperate zone. Summers are generally warm and winters cold with snowfall on the high ridges. One of the most beautiful thing about Reasi is that in summers, the temperature of Reasi will be less than most of the districts in Jammu and in winters, its temperature will be higher than other districts in Jammu. So this makes Reasi favourable for all kinds of people visiting there.
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