Dhirkot is a town in Bagh District

Bagh District

Bagh District is one of the eight districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. The district, which had been part of Poonch District, was created in 1988...

, Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is located 25 km from Kohala

Kohala, Pakistan

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, 15 km from Chamankot

Chamankot

Chamankot is a village in Dhirkot Tehsil, Bagh District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is situated up the hills from Kohala on the Azad Kashmir Bagh Road. Its altitude is , and the Jhelum River is at the bottom end of its sub-village, Malalbagla....

, and 132 kilometres from Islamabad

Islamabad

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. Dhirkot is a popular tourist resort due to its easy access, bracing altitude (1676 meters) and mountainous landscape. Dhirkot is linked with all parts of Azad Kashmir by black top roads and direct transport services.

Education

Dhirkot contains four colleges (two of which are private), six high schools (four of which are private), and one middle school. It often shows an excellent ranking in Azad Kashmir and has a high literacy rate. Only girls' colleges have science faculties; boys are not supposed to have this facility and have to move to other cities in Pakistan.