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Hill Surang ہل سرنگ
Town and Union Council
Hill Surang Location in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Show map of Azad Kashmir Hill Surang Hill Surang (Kashmir) Show map of Kashmir Hill Surang Hill Surang (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 34°05′25″N 73°31′42″E / 34.0901564°N 73.5282540°E / 34.0901564; 73.5282540
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bagh
Tehsil	Dhirkot
Post Office	Chamankot
Postal Code	12630
Area
• Total	7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	4,000
	approximate figure for the core town area; the wider Union Council is estimated at 20,000[citation needed]
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Hill Surang (Urdu: ہل سرنگ) is a town and Union Council in the Dhirkot Tehsil of Bagh District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.^[1] A mountainous rural settlement, it lies along the Kohala–Bagh road corridor and borders Munasa, Chamankot, and Kohala. The settlement is connected to the regional road network via the Kohala–Bagh Road and Dhirkot Road.^[2] The core town area has a population of approximately 4,000 to 4,500 residents, while the wider Union Council, encompassing surrounding settlements, has an estimated total population of approximately 20,000.{{Citation needed|date=June 2026}^[3]

Hill Surang is one of several Union Councils within Bagh District, which recorded a total population of 371,919 in the 2017 Census.^[4]

The Union Council is administered within Dhirkot Tehsil and is responsible for rural development, infrastructure maintenance, and basic public services for the main town and adjacent localities, including Hill Village, Mohallah Hill Bandi, and Mohallah Bangal Bangala.^[5] . Religious institutions include Madrasa Tajveed-ul-Quran Hill and Jamia Masjid Farooq-e-Azam Hill, both in the main Hill Bazar area, alongside a number of smaller local mosques.^{[citation needed]}

The Chest Diseases and General Hospital (CDGH), known locally as the Government TB Hospital Hill, is a specialised public medical facility in Hill Village and one of the oldest institutions in Bagh District dedicated to pulmonary care and tuberculosis treatment.^[6] The facility was constructed on land donated by Syed Ahmed Gardezi and sited at high altitude to provide respiratory patients with a clean climate for long-term recovery.^[6]

It is located on Dhirkot Road, approximately 15 kilometres from both Kohala and Dhirkot.^[6] Though originally established as a TB sanatorium, its role was subsequently expanded to provide general healthcare to the local community.^[6] Research conducted in the area includes a published study on the prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus in the general population of Hill Surang.^[7]

Educational institutions in Hill Surang include Madrasa Tajveed ul Quran Hill (مدرسہ تجوید القرآن ہل), Read Foundation High School Hill,^[8] Government Boys Middle School Hill, Government Girls Middle School Hill, and Government Primary School Cheeran Hill.^[9] Cricket is the primary sport, with local grounds used for matches and seasonal tournaments.^{[citation needed]}

Hill Surang was among the settlements severely affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake of 8 October 2005. International medical relief teams established emergency camps at the Chest Diseases and General Hospital to treat injured residents from the surrounding area.^[6] The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), which mobilised across the affected districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir for relief, reconstruction, and rehabilitation,^[10] conducted surveys in Hill Surang to support the rebuilding of houses and water infrastructure.^{[citation needed]}