Chanani or Chenani is a town and tehsil in the Udhampur district, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Before 1947, it was an internal jagir ruled by a Chandel (Rajput) ruler in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Natives of this region approached Raja Bir Chand of Bilaspur and requested that he save them from the atrocities of local Ranas.

On reaching Chenani, Raja Gambhir Chand made the Ranas leave the place and established an independent State which continued till 1947.

Chenani is well-connected with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway or the NH 44 alongside other intra-district roads.

It will also reduce traffic jams on NH44 that occurred due to snowfall and avalanches in winter at Patnitop.