 Most of the Gujjars are permanent settlers while as bakarwals stay in and around the area prior to their journeys to southern slopes of the Siwaliks and the Margs (Alpine-pastures) of the Central Himalayas.The shrine of Sheikh Zain-ud-din wali who lived in the 15th century A.D is in the main town.Zainu Din was the disciple of Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali, the leading Reshi of Kashmir.