Dogri, the mother tongue of Dogras, has rich tradition of folk literature. These deals with every aspect of life from the cradle to grave. The rich literature of Dogri consists of folk tales, riddles and proverbs. There are also number of narrative poems in the praise of God known as Bhetas.

District Udhampur has produced number of Dogri Poets and writer of Dogri Literature such as Jia Lal Jia, Uttam Chand, Sant Ram Shastri, Jitender Udhampuri, Prakash Premi, Dinu Bhai Pant etc. Few of them were well renowned by the Sahitya Academy.