Poonian
Poonian is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) away from sub post office Banga, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Nawanshahr, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 106 kilometres (66 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
Poonian | |
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Village | |
  Poonian Location in Punjab, India  Poonian Poonian (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31.1738071°N 75.9872642°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 942[1] |
| Sex ratio 492/450 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 144505 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Post office | Banga (S.O)[2] |
| Website | nawanshahr |
Demography
As of 2011, Poonian has a total number of 206 houses and population of 942 of which 492 include are males while 450 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Poonian is 75.30% lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 112 which is 11.89% of total population of Poonian, and child sex ratio is approximately 836 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[1][4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 17.20% of total population in Poonian. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 314 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Poonian which includes 278 males and 36 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.49% workers describe their work as main work and 10.51% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1][5]
Education
sikh national college Banga sghps Banga sssc Banga women college banga Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur, KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.[6] Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 16.7 kilometres (10.4 mi). The village is 86.7 kilometres (53.9 mi) away from Chandigarh University, 63 kilometres (39 mi) from Indian Institute of Technology and 31.5 kilometres (19.6 mi) away from Lovely Professional University.
List of schools nearby:
- Govt Senior Secondary School, Ladhana Jhikka
- Dashmesh Model School, Kahma
- Govt High School, Jhander Kalan
- Govt Gigh School, Khan Khana
- Guru Ram Dass Public School, Cheta
Transport
Banga train station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 51 kilometres (32 mi) away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 141 kilometres (88 mi) away in Amritsar.[7]
See also
- List of villages in India
References
- "Poonian Population per Census India". 2011 Census of India.
- "All India Pincode Directory" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
- "List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017.
- "Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)". pib.nic.in.
- "District Census Handbook SBS Nagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
- "List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). sbsnagarpolice.com.
- "Distance from Poonian (Multiple routes)". Google Map.