 It is located about away from Qazigund of Anantnag district on NH 44 (former name NH 1A before renumbering of all national highways).However, the distance between Banihal and Qazigund is only 18 km by train on the new railway line which is much shorter than the road.The most common language spoken in the region is Kashmiri; Urdu Gujjari English being other familiar languages.