Samahni () is a small town and
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
in
Bhimber District
Bhimber District () is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is support ...
of
Azad Kashmir
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,
Pakistan
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, located at a distance of by road northeast of
Bhimber
Bhimber () is a town and the headquarters of the eponymous district in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir. The town and district are between the Jammu region of Indian-administered Kashmir and Pakistan proper, about by road southeast of M ...
. It lies in the
Samahni Valley, an area noted for its production of medicinal plants. In 2017 it had a population of 1,44,756 people.
Most of the inhabitants speak
Pahari, with some
Punjabi influence.
Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
is still spoken and understood among the villagers.
Some important locations in the valley include:
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Baghsar Fort - an ancient fort constructed by Mughal rulers
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Baghsar Lake
Landmarks
Samahni contains the Degree College library, and a cricket ground.
Union Councils
Samahni Tehsil consists of 10 Union Councils and 1 Town Committee.
*Chahi Gahi
*Sandhar Horran
*Darhal Jandala
*Khambah
*Chowki
*Toneen Kadyala
*Manana Sarsala
*Poona
*Dab Sandoha
*Bandala Baghsar
*Samahni (Town Committee)
References
Populated places in Bhimber District
{{Tehsils of Azad Kashmir
Tehsils of Bhimber District