Pundri | |
Other Name: | (Pundrik) |
Native Name Lang: | Hindi |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India3 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haryana, India |
Coordinates: | 29.75°N 76.55°W |
Leader Title2: | Member of Parliament |
Leader Name2: | Naveen Jindal |
Leader Title3: | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Leader Name3: | Dinesh Kaushik |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 240.06 |
Population Total: | 33,484 (UA) |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Title2: | Spoken |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 136026 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 01746 |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kurukshetra |
Registration Plate: | HR 08 |
Iso Code: | IN-HR |
Demographics1 Info2: | Hindi, English, Haryanvi, Punjabi |
Pundri is a City and a municipal committee in Kaithal district of the Indian state of Haryana. Pundri along with Pundrak was named after the sage Pundarik, who is highly revered by all Hindus. Pundri is the seat of a Tehsil and also a Haryana Vidhan Sabha constituency currently represented by Randhir Singh Gollen.
Pundri is also known for its Firni, a sweet which is so popular that nearly 100 quintals of it are sold in the month of August around the festival of Teej.
Water Flour Mill few remaining in India now, but one of them is a mill which is 123 years old near pundri. This mill was built in 1890 and it is located at the ground floor. Pundri is also known as Fatehpur-Pundri for the village of Fatehpur adjoining it.
Pundri is located at .[2] It has an average elevation of 224 metres (734 feet).
As of the 2011 India census, Total population of Pundri is 33,484.[1] The sex ratio is 888 (F/M) and 12.02% of the population is under six years of age. The effective literacy rate is 67.8%; male literacy is 74.04% and female literacy is 60.75%. Punjabi, Haryanvi and Hindi are major languages.
Pundri is well connected with road network as it many cities Kaithal, Delhi, Chandigarh, Karnal, Kurukshetra.