Pouni | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Coordinates: | 33.09°N 74.68°W[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Reasi |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 1259[2] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Spoken |
Demographics1 Info1: | Dogri, Hindi, Gojri |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 185203[3] |
Pouni is a village and municipality in Reasi district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The town is located 25 km from the district headquarters Reasi Town.
According to the 2011 census of India, Pouni village has 254 households.[2] The literacy rate of Pouni was 85.08% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Pouni, Male literacy stands at 90.21% while the female literacy rate was 79.70%.
Population | 1259 | 647 | 612 | |
Children aged below 6 years | 160 | 85 | 75 | |
60 | 29 | 31 | ||
17 | 10 | 7 | ||
Literacy | 85.08% | 90.21% | 79.70% | |
Workers (all) | 538 | 319 | 219 | |
Main workers (total) | 383 | 312 | 71 | |
Marginal workers (total) | 155 | 7 | 148 |
Pouni is well-connected by road to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by Pouni Road, NH 144 and NH 144A along Dubey karyana Store.
The nearest major railway stations to Pouni are Reasi railway station but it is proposed construction railway station and another railway station are Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station, Jammu Tawi railway station and Udhampur Railway Station located at a distance of 46 Kilometres, 90 Kilometres and 87 Kilometres respectively.
The nearest airport to Pouni is Jammu Airport located at a distance of 95 kilometres and is a 2.5-hour drive.