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Poonch (town)
Poonch
Prunts Punch | |
|---|---|
Town | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Poonch_city_by_Ajaz_Khawaja.jpg) A view of Poonch City | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:India_Jammu_and_Kashmir_UT_adm_relief_map.svg)  Poonch Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India &sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:India_relief_location_map.jpg) Poonch Poonch (India) | |
| Coordinates: 33°46′13″N 74°05′33″E / 33.7703°N 74.0925°E[1] | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Division | Jammu |
| District | Poonch |
| Tehsil | Haveli |
| Government | |
| • Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Poonch–Haveli |
| • MLA | Vacant[2] |
| • DDC | Tazeem Akhter, Independent |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.36 km2 (4.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,021 m (3,349 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 26,854 |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Poonchi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Dogri, English, Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu[4][5] |
| • Spoken | Pahari, Gojri, Kashmiri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 185101 |
| Vehicle registration | JK-12 |
| Website | poonch |
Poonch (or Punch), (called Prunts in the Kashmiri, Gojri & Pahari languages) is a town and the administrative headquarters of the Poonch district, of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is part of the larger disputed territory of Kashmir. It is located near the Line of Control – the de facto border in the disputed region. Poonch shares a de facto border with the Poonch district of the Pakistan-administered, self-governing territory of Azad Kashmir.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
fallingrainwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Jammu and Kashmir Assembly dissolved". Economic Times. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Census2011-town_popwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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