Dosut (Urdu: دوسٹ, Kashmiri: دُسَٹھ) is a village in the Neelum Valley of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.[1] It is located 142 km from Muzaffarabad, and 6 km from Sharda.

Dosut
دوسٹ
View of Dosut
View of Dosut
Dosut is located in Azad Kashmir
Dosut
Dosut
Dosut is located in Pakistan
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Dosut
Coordinates: 34°45′24″N 74°08′14″E / 34.7568°N 74.1373°E / 34.7568; 74.1373
Country Pakistan
Territory Azad Kashmir
DistrictNeelum Valley
Elevation
2,100 m (6,900 ft)
Languages
 • MajorityKashmiri
 • Other LanguagesUrdu, Hindko
Time zonePST
Websitewww.ajktourism.gov.pk

Divisions

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Dosut is divided into small settlements. These settlements include Naka, Naka no 2, Molvi Shah Seri, Chan Basti, Khawaja Basti, Konsh and Malik Basti.

 
Beautiful Winter

Languages and people

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The languages spoken here are Kashmiri and Hindko. Urdu is used as secondary language (lingua franca).

Most of the people are engaged in agriculture while others are engaged in government employment and business. Usually, the crop which is growing here is corn.

 
Maize Field in Dosut
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Cool Evening
 
Greenery
 
Neelum River passing from Dosut
 
Beautiful

References

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  1. ^ Raza, Ghalib. "About AJ&K Tourism-AJ&K Tourism & Archaeology Department". ajktourism.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-23.