Katra or Vaishno Devi is a city and Tehsil in the Reasi district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

It is situated at the foot of the Trikuta Mountains, where the shrine of Vaishno Devi is located.

[1] As per the 2011 census, the majority, 78.2% of the population spoke Dogri, followed by 10.6% Hindi, 2.5% Punjabi, 2.2% Assamese, and 1.4% Kashmiri speakers.

A bazaar sells souvenirs, dry fruit, woolen garments, hosiery, and leather jackets.

A new ropeway system has just been inaugurated from the Vaishno Devi Bhawan to the Bhairon Baba Mandir, reducing the journey to time to just 3 minutes.

The ropeway can carry 800 people every hour.Katra is well-connected by roads with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India.