Mendhar Tehsil

Mendhar is a tehsil (administrative district) in the Poonch district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located in the foothills of Pir Panjal range within the Himalayas. The Mendhar Tehsil headquarters is in Mendhar town. It is located 60 km south of the Poonch district headquarters and 210 km from the state winter capital Jammu. It has a total area of 425 km2.

Climate
The highest summer temperature is in between 19 - 35 °C.

The average temperature in January is 9 °C; February is 13 °C; March is 19 °C; April is 24 °C; and May is 30 °C.

Demographics
The total projected population of Mendhar Tehsil is 112,723, with 57,723 males and 55,000 females according to the 2011 census of India. The population includes Paharis, Gujjars, Bakarwals and Kashmiris. There are two blocks; Balakote and Mendhar. There are a total of 50 villages and 50 panchayats in Mendhar Tehsil.

Krishna Ghati
Krishan Ghati is a hilly forest area, located 30 km from Mendhar. The areas near it are dangerous due to continuous ceasefire violations.

Ram Kund
Ram Kund is the oldest Hindu temple in the Poonch region. It is located in the village of Chajjla, 6 km from Mendhar. This temple was built by Lalitaditya between 724 and 761. In the temple's courtyard there are three sacred ponds, known as Ramkund, Lakshmankund and Sitakund. Ramkund is 8 - 19 km from Mendhar bus stand. Pilgrims visit during the month of March in Chaitra chawdish.

Villages
Village

(DHARANA) Village Mendhar Beautiful Place and Dharana Upper Park Near Govt HS Dharana

Gohlad is a village located 0 km from Mendhar. All the offices are situated at Gohlad. It is also known as Gohlad Town. SDM Office,Treasury Office Tehsil Office, Bus stand, Hospital, Police Station & All other office of the Tehsil Mendhar is situated in main Market of Gohlad Town. Jamia Masjid is one of the oldest mosques in Gohlad Town.

Topa is a village located 4 km from Mendhar. The Battle of Topa was fought here by the 5 Gorkha Rifles during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

Salwah It is a beautiful small Valley in Mendhar. It is about 7 km from Mendhar Town. Starting from Jughal from south and end at foot of Dana Shahsatar Mountain. Topa,Mendhar and Bhera lies on the south east.Jughal,Mankote,lies on South west. Kannetti, Bonala lies on the northwest adjoining Kalaban. Surankote lies on the north. Therpur is a village at top of the mountain of Ther. Khorbani is at the east of it. A hill station Danna shahsataar is about 4 km away. There is Higher Secondary school, a Mini stadium, a Health centre, 3 middle schools, 4 primary schools and 3 private schools up to Grade 8.



Mankote is also one of the villages of Mendhar. At Mankote, there is a defence Camp that provides facilities to the people of that village during any problem created due to shelling from Pakistan.

Balnoi is also a large village in Tehsil Mendhar. In 1947 mostly the people of Balnoi migrated to Pakistan

Chak Banola village is located about 15 km from Mendhar. It consists of fertile land for cultivation, encompassing a wide variety of floras. Chak Banola has about 1500 population(2011 census).

Kalaban is a remote village of Mendhar located 20 km away from Mendhar Tehsil.

Sagra: it is a magnificent village situated on the right bank of Mandheri river at Tehsil Mankote around 13 km away from Mendhar town. There are two playing grounds which attract cricketer lovers from adjoining districts. During the summer season the climate of the sagra is much hottest.