Kundal Shahi locally known as kunḍal šai) is a village and tourist resort in the Neelam Valley-Azad Kashmir

Kundal Shahi

Azad Kashmir Pakistan

Kundal Shahi locally known as kunḍal šai is a village and tourist resort in the Neelam Valley in northern Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

It has a scattered settlement area, located on both sides of the Jagran Nallah River, at its confluence with the Neelam River.

It is a few minutes walking distance from the Neelam Valley highway, some 74 kilometers (46 mi) by road from Muzaffarabad,

and a few kilometres away from the Line of Control between India and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Kudal Shahi

Coordinates : 34.5548°N 73.8439°E

Country : Pakistan

State : Azad Kashmir

District : Neelam

Elevation : 1,357 m (4,452 ft)

Languages : (Official) Urdu

Time zone : PST

The majority of the population are of the Qureshi ethnic group, and there are small numbers of people from the Sheikh, Mughal, and Sayyid groups.

Members of the Qureshi community, numbering about 3,000 people,speak the Kundal Shahi language.

It is an endangered language as it is not being learned by the younger generation, who are shifting to Hindko, the language of wider communication in the area.

Most of the people of the village follow the Barelvi school.