campanulatum scrub, above which is alpine pasture. Among the animals that make their home here include the Himalayan snowcock and the brown bear. Cultural heritage Racial groups include Kashmiris, Thakurs, Gujars, Rajputs and Brahmans, Bhagats. Local human population There are permanent settlements but some 1,115 families of nomadic graziers, with 25,000 head of livestock, and an unspecified number of families from nearby villages, with 10,000 head, have grazing rights in the national park. Some agriculture is practised in peripheral areas. References National parks in Jammu and Kashmir Kishtwar district Western Himalayan broadleaf forests Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests 1981 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir Protected areas established in 1981