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District Poonch at a Glance

 

ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP:

S.NO

Items

Nos

1

Total Number of  Tehsils:

04

2

Total Number of  C.D Blocks:

06

3

Number of Sub-Divisions:

01

4

Number of Panchyats:

115

5

Number of  Niabats:

08

6

Number of Girdawar Circles:

12

7

Number of Patwar Halqas:

51

8

Number of Villages:
(1)   Habited:

  (2)   Un-inhabited:

170

08

Total  Villages:

178

NAMES OF TEHSILS 

1. Haveli  2.Mandi   3.Mendhar  4.Surankote

 

NAMES OF BLOCKS 

1. Poonch  2.Mandi   3.Mendhar  4.Balakote  5.Surankote  6.Buffliaz

 

AREA IN HECTORS 

1

Area as per Revenue Record:

113675

2

Cultivable area:

27711

3

Forest area:

33656

4

Net area sown:

27144

5

Area under Double Cropping:

20642

6

Number of  Land  holdings:

190993

7

Size of holding:

120

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD (Census 2001)

1 Rural: 55602
2 Urban: 4246
  Total: 59848

BLOCKWISE NUMBER OF VILLAGES

1 Poonch     Block: 38
2 Mandi       Block: 37
3 Surankote Block: 43
4 Mendhar   Block: 34
5 Balakote   Block: 18
  Total: 170

 

 POPULATION GROWTH 

1

Population as per Census 1981

224197

2

Population as per Census 1991

290100

3

Population as per Census 2001

371561

 

WORKFORCE

Total workers: 201100
Cultivators: 132417
Agriculture Laborers: 7579
Household Industry: 4373
Others Workers: 56731

 

COMMUNITY-WISE  POPULATION

S.NO

Community

Census

 2001

Percentage

1

Muslims

323259

87 %

2

Hindus

22294

6 %

3

Sikhs

26008

7 %

4

Buddhists

00000

_

5

Others

00000

_

Total

371561

  

Source : Booklet "Distt Poonch at a Glance" Published by DESO Poonch


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