Dudwara is a primarily farming community in the Billawar

Billawar

Billawar is a town and a notified area committee in Kathua district in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, India.Billawar is Tehsil HQ. It is also known as BALAUR. Billawar was founded by Raja Bhopat Pal in 1598-1614 and it remained capital of Basohli Rajas. The descendants of the Royal family are known...

 tehsil of Kathua district

Kathua district

Kathua district is one of 22 administrative districts that comprise the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is surrounded by Jammu to the northwest, the Doda and Udhampur districts to the north, the state of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Punjab to the south, and Pakistan's working boundary to...

 in the India

India

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n state of Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

. Dudwara is south of the village of Bhaddu and located uphill from the Bhini bridge on the river Bhini.

Dudwara also has a small handicraft

Handicraft

Handicraft, more precisely expressed as artisanic handicraft, sometimes also called artisanry, is a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools. It is a traditional main sector of craft. Usually the term is applied to traditional means...

 industry that is finding it a little difficult to survive in the modern times. The community includes members from both the Hindu

Hindu

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 and Muslim

Muslim

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communities.