Zea Abad, (Grid Station Thathri or Madan Chittar) is a village in Thathri sub division of Doda district. It is the part of panchayat Jangalwar located on the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway.[1]
Zea Abad (Thathri) | |
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Village | |
  Zea Abad (Thathri) Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India | |
| Coordinates: 33°08′42″N 75°46′49″E / 33.145056°N 75.780241°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Region | Jammu region |
| District | Doda |
| Subdistrict | Thathri |
| Demonym(s) | Bhaderwahi and Kashmiri |
| Language | |
| • Spoken | Kashmiri, Bhaderwahi, Gojri |
| • Official | Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Location
editZea Abad is located on Batote-Kishtwar National Highway bordering Thathri town on its east.
History
editZea Abad was part of Thathri until that town became a town in 2011. This village had paddy fields in the past that belonged to a person with the name Madan; that is why it was known as Madan Khait or Madan Chittar. When an electricity receiving station for Thathri was built here, it became popular with the name "Grid Station Thathri."[2]
Demographics
editZea Abad village is located in Phagsoo tehsil (earlier Thathri). There was only single government school in this village known as Govt Primary School Zea Abad which was closed in 2013.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Neighborhood population of Grid Station Thathri lacks Electricity transformer". thechenabtimes.com. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Shakeel, Raja (29 November 2020). "Grid Station Thathri Locals Deprived of Electricity". The Chenab Times. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "SA in ZEO Thatri forges service books'". Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Data Captured as per the Compliance of W.P No.618 of 2013 for Zone Thathri" (PDF). School Education Department Jammu. Retrieved 10 August 2020.