District Profile

Ramban district consists of 4 blocks: Ramban, Banihal, Gool and Ramsoo and two tehsils- Ramban & Banihal.Ramban town is located along river 'Chenab' also known as 'Chanderbhaga' river on National Highway-1A(now 44) at about 150 km from Jammu and about 150 km from Srinagar making it almost a central point on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

District Ramban is one of the newly carved out eight districts of J&K.The district having an area of 1527.6467 Sq.Kms accounts about 0.69% of total provisional area(222236.0000 Sq.Kms) of J&K state.The population of this district(214944) accounts about 2.12% of the state population(101143700) and ranks 17th position in the state.Similarly density of population is 189 persons per Sq.Km

Baglihar Dam , also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in Ramban. This project was conceived in 1992, approved in 1996 and construction began in 1999.The first phase of the Baglihar Dam was completed in 2004. With the second phase completed on 10 October 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India dedicated the 450-MW Baglihar hydroelectric power project to the nation.

Jawahar Tunnel ,named after the first Prime Minister of India, was constructed for round-the-year surface transport between 1954 and 1960. The Jawahar tunnel has been operational since 22 December 1956. The length of tunnel is around 2.5 km , and it is situated between Banihāl and Qazigund.It facilitates road connectivity to Kashmir valley. The tunnel was renovated by the Border Roads Organization under the project BEACON in 1960.