Bhimber Gali should not be confused with Bhimber.
Bhimber Gali | |||
Settlement Type: | Village | ||
Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India | ||
Pushpin Relief: | y | ||
Pushpin Label Position: | right | ||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India | ||
Coordinates: | 33.55°N 74.08°W | ||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
Subdivision Name: | India | ||
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir | ||
Subdivision Type2: | District | ||
Subdivision Name2: | Poonch | ||
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil | ||
Subdivision Name3: | Mendhar | ||
Unit Pref: | Metric | ||
Population Density Km2: | auto | ||
Demographics Type1: | Languages | ||
Demographics1 Title1: | Spoken | ||
Demographics1 Info1: | Pahari, Gojri | ||
Timezone1: | IST | ||
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 | ||
Postal Code Type: | PIN | ||
Postal Code: | 185211[1] | ||
Registration Plate: | JK-12 | ||
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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.
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.
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.
The village is well-connected to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the NH 144A and other intra-district roads.