Haveli | |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Coordinates: | 33.77°N 74.24°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Poonch |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Poonch |
Government Type: | Tehsil |
Governing Body: | Tehsildar |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Gojri, Urdu, English, Hindi, Kashmiri |
Demographics1 Title2: | Spoken |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 185101 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | JK-12 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Major highways |
Blank Info Sec1: | NH 144A |
The Haveli Tehsil is a tehsil of the Poonch district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is headquartered at the Poonch Town.
The History of Poonch District of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir had four tehsils: Haveli and Mendhar in the east, and Bagh and Sudhanoti in the west.
As a result of the First Kashmir War of 1947, the Haveli tehsil got bifurcated, with the northern half passing into Pakistani control and the southern half remaining in Indian-administered Kashmir. The Pakistani half of the tehsil has now been made into a district.
The Haveli tehsil of the Indian-administered Kashmir was further bifurcated into the present Haveli tehsil and the Mandi tehsil based at Mandi.
The Haveli tehsil is headquartered at Poonch.
The total projected population of Haveli Tehsil is 132,767, with 71,538 males and 61,229 females according to the 2011 census of India. The population includes Paharis, Gujjars, Bakerwals and Kashmiris.
Poonch Airport is a non-operational airstrip in the tehsil headquarters Poonch. The nearest airport to Poonch is Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar, located 180 kilometres from Poonch.
There is no railway connectivity to Poonch yet. There are plans to construct a Jammu–Poonch line which will connect Jammu with Poonch with railways. The nearest major railway station is Jammu Tawi railway station located 235 kilometres from Poonch.
The tehsil is well-connected to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the NH 144A and other intra-district roads.