Nowshera, Jammu and Kashmir

Nowshera
Naushera
Nowshera
Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Nowshera
Nowshera (India)
Coordinates: 33°9′36″N 74°14′24″E / 33.16000°N 74.24000°E / 33.16000; 74.24000
Country India
Union TerritoryJammu and Kashmir
DistrictRajouri
Elevation
1,575 m (5,167 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
9,122
Languages
  OfficialPothwari,Gojri,Dogri, Hindi, Urdu, Kashmiri, English
  SpokenDogri,Gojri, Pahari, Hindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
185151
Vehicle registrationJK-11
Literacy79%
Websiterajouri.nic.in

Nowshera (alternatively spelt Nowshehra and Naushera) is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous tehsil of Rajouri district in the Jammu division of the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.It is located approx. 53 km from Rajouri City, the district headquarter. It is governed by a Municipal committee and in rural area of Nowshera consists of 14 panchayats governed by local bodies under the supervision of district administration Rajouri.