Chakswari

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Chakswari is a tehsil (town) in the Mirpur District, Azad Kashmir containing approximately 25 villages including the New Town of IslamGarh.

The majority of the population speak Pahari/Pothowari, the second largest language of Kashmir after Kashmiri. A large number of inhabitants emigrated to the United Kingdom between the 1950s and 1980s.

Chakswari comprises partly plain and partly hilly areas. The people of this area are agriculturalists belonging to the Jatt, Rajput & Moochi castes, with strong cultural links to the Pothwar region of Pakistan.

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