Chenani

Chanani or Chenani is a town and tehsil in the Udhampur district, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is governed by a notified area council (city council). Before 1947, it was an internal jagir ruled by a Chandel (Rajput) ruler in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. This Town has further gained importance after getting the Asia's longest tunnel from chenani to nasari.

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Place details

Locality: Chenani
Region: Jammu and Kashmir
Country: India
Population: 2,620

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Chenani
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Jammu and Kashmir#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Jammu and Kashmir
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jammu and Kashmir
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Udhampur
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Tehsil
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Chenani
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 1062
Settlement.population_total: 2620
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Demographics
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Literacy
Settlement.demographics1_info1: 88.91%

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Udhampur district
Elevation: 1062
Time zone: UTC+05:30
Dialing code: 199285

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postal code: 182141

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Demographics
Religion
Transportation
Air
Rail
Road
See also
References

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chenani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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