Birpani

Birpani (Template:Lang-ur) is a town and Union Council in Bagh District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located 20 km west of Bagh city and at an altitude of 2000 metres. The origin of the word Birpani comes from the Pahari word Beer and means Veer (Brother/بھائی).

Birpani Facebook page admin Hamza Kashmiri Official

Location

Birpani is 80 kilometres from Kohala, and 160 kilometres from Islamabad. This town is situated on the confluence of two mini nullahs, the Birpani Nallah and the Dhaki Nallah, which flow all the year round.

The population of Birpani is 25,000 which includes many tribes, the main tribe in the village is Maldiyal Mughal. The literacy rate is more than 95%. living mughals here in mir pani.

Schools and colleges

There are many schools, colleges, hospitals etc., a develop village throughout the District. There is one girls' Degree college and one boys' higher secondary school, Boys college in Birpani and primary girls' school jabbar.

Administration

Birpani is a union council and so administers other villages e.g.:Sudhan Gali, Surrol, Mahldara, and Bani Minhasan very popular Ganga choti

The Bazar of Birpani includes more than 250 shops. There is one Special Communication Organization's digital exchange which is providing the communication facilities to surrounding villages through landlines and also some major private companies boosters are functioning in the area such as Telenor, Ufone, Warid, Paktel, Scom and Mobilink.

Most Popular man Hakeem Sain Javed live in Birpani who treatment every type of patients

2005 earthquake

Birpani and its surrounding towns were totally destroyed from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake; hundreds of people died and were hurt by this quake. 100% population was left homeless. The fault on which earthquake took place is almost passing through the center of Birpani. Most of the houses have been reconstructed though with the help of the Governments of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir as well as local and International NGOs.