Bhimber Gali

33°33′N 74°05′E / 33.55°N 74.08°E / 33.55; 74.08Country IndiaUnion Territory Jammu and KashmirDistrictPoonchTehsilMendharLanguages • SpokenPahari, GojriTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PINVehicle registrationJK-12Websitepoonch.nic.in

Bhimber Gali is a village in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is often called BG locally as an abbreviated form of Bhimber Gali. It is named after a mountain pass "Bhimber Gali" on the mountain ridge separating the Poonch River and the Rajouri Tawi basins. Bhimber Gali is the point at which four roads meet, one from Hamirpur Balakote, second from Rajouri via Manjakote, third from Mendhar Tehsil and fourth from Poonch Via Surankote. This area borders Pakistan administered Kashmir and thus the surrounding areas often remain in news for cross LoC ceasefire violations.

Transportation

Air

Poonch Airport is a non-operational airstrip in the district headquarters Poonch. The nearest airport is Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar, located 170 kilometres from Bhimber Gali.

Rail

There is no railway connectivity to Bhimber Gali. There are plans to construct a Jammu–Poonch line which will connect Jammu with Poonch with railways. The nearest major railway station is Jammu Tawi railway station located 185 kilometres from Bhimber Gali.

Road

The village is well-connected to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the NH 144A and other intra-district roads.

See also

• Poonch
• Jammu and Kashmir
• Rajouri
• Surankote
• Jammu

References