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Kud

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Place details

Locality: Chenani
Region: Jammu and Kashmir
Country: India

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Kud
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: 1855
Settlement.population_total

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Udhampur district
Elevation: +1855
Time zone: UTC+05:30

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Article

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Transportation
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Kud is a town and a notified area committee in Udhampur district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is about 10 km from the popular tourist place Patnitop and is famous for a local sweet known as "Desi Ghee Patisa" another name of the sweet made up of milk products. Desi Ghee is a milk product and patisa is known as Papdi.

==Geography== Kud is located at . It has an average elevation of 1855 metres (6085 feet).It is a part of the Lower Himalayan Range. the river Chenab flows in close proximity. It is located on the NH 44, 100 km from Jammu and 38 km from Udhampur city. It is just short of the tourist spot of Patnitop while driving to Patnitop from Udhampur. After Patnitop is the adjoining town of Batote.