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Poonch District (J&K)

Poonch district, India
District
Poonch district, India is located in Jammu and Kashmir
Poonch district, India
Poonch district, India
Poonch district, India is located in India
Poonch district, India
Poonch district, India
Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates: 33°46′N 74°06′E / 33.77°N 74.1°E / 33.77; 74.1Coordinates: 33°46′N 74°06′E / 33.77°N 74.1°E / 33.77; 74.1
Country  India
State Jammu and Kashmir
Headquarters Poonch
Languages
 • Official Urdu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 185101
Telephone code 911965
Vehicle registration JK
Website www.poonch.nic.in

District Poonch or Punch is one of the most remote districts of Jammu and Kashmir. It is bounded by the Line of Control (boundary between Indian and Pakistan-administered Kashmir) on three sides (north, west and south). The 1947-48 war between India and Pakistan divided it into two parts. One went to Pakistan and the other became part of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir.

The District headquarters is in the Poonch city. Mohammad Harun Malik is the current District Commissioner. Presently District Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir is divided into eight tehsils:

Each tehsil has its Tehsildar, who is the administrative head. The district is further divided into six blocks: Poonch, Mandi, Mendhar, Balakote, Surankote and Buffliaz. The administrative head of each block is the Block Development Officer (BDO). Each block consists of a number of panchayats. Recently added One Sub Division(Surnkote), other is Mendhar. Poonch district has a total of 179 villages including Seri Khawaja.

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Poonch one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the three districts in Jammu and Kashmir currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Poonch District has 3 assembly constituencies: Surankote, Mendhar and Poonch Haveli. The present M.L.A of Poonch Haveli is Shah Mohammed Tantray of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, Mohammed Akram of Indian National Congress is currently representing Surankote constituency and Mendhar is being represented by Javid Rana of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. Poonch district comes in Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha Constituency.


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