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Poonch Analytics

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Hindi : 24,436
2. English Multilingual Population : 6,435
3. Tamil : 348

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 1

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	26,854
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	593^rd
District Area (km²)	:	1,674
District Area (Rank)	:	627^th
No.of Towns in District	:	501
No. of Villages in District	:	555

What is A.I.? FAQ

Poonch Highlights: India City/Districts Comparison

Poonch is the 593^rd ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Poonch District in Jammu and Kashmir State. Poonch District is 609^th highest ranked in population & 627^th ranked in area, in India. Please keep the DHQ rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than India Average-

1.
Poonch is the 3^rd highest ranked in # of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2021) out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

2.
The average House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011) of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 86. Poonch is the 6^th highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts. This implies that economic activies in this district is more compared to other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Poonch is the 94^th highest ranked in Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020) . This implies that this district has a better police infrastructure compared to other districts.

4.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India Poonch is the 446^th best ranked in Number of Missing Persons (NO, IPC 2020) . This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

5.
Poonch is the 372^nd best ranked in Number of IPC Crimes (NO, IPC 2020) out of 768 City/Districts of India. This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

6.
The Average Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, IPC 2020) of Indian City(District Capitals)/Districts is 25 . Poonch is the 359^th best ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

Worse than India Average-

1.
Poonch is the 83^rd worst ranked in Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020) out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

2.
The Average Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is Poonch is the 372^nd worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts.This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Poonch is the 478^th worst ranked in Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023 .This implies low private sector growth.

4.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Poonch is the 467^th worst ranked in State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023 .This indicates that this is not a highly urbanized district and/or not a high GDP top 40 metropolis.

5.
Poonch is the 440^th highest ranked in Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023) out of 768 City/Districts of India.This implies that financial activities in this district are less compared to other districts.

Poonch City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Poonch Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	0.02%	18^th	11238
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.05%	117^th	7862
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	0.01%	123^rd	8258
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.02%	176^th	7402

Poonch Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Princely State	Princely State	1	Chanehni

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Sheikh Ul Alam	Srinagar	SXR	7 Km

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	No of District Hospital	1	179^th	10814

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	1	1^st	9412
2	No of Nurses	3390	55^th	10223
3	No of Community Health Centers	9	176^th	11066
4	No of Hospital Beds	1599	209^th	1146
5	No of Doctors	1729	305^th	10149
6	No of Total Hospitals	59	384^th	11039
7	No of Primary Health Centers	47	437^th	7708

Negative Metrics:

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	6^th	3565
2	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2023)	27	205^th	4950

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in "1000", SCB 2023)	1	1^st	7647
2	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	65^th	4496
3	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	83^rd	5879
4	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	112^th	7184
5	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	134^th	6004
6	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	147^th	8951
7	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	176	148^th	9585
8	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	165^th	8589
9	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	188^th	8439
10	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	189^th	10758
11	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	190^th	2300
12	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	205^th	5978
13	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	18218	209^th	3550
14	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	24082	228^th	7140
15	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	243^rd	5023
16	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	245^th	2792
17	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	8	330^th	9248
18	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	365^th	2326
19	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2023)	5863	367^th	8208
20	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	391^st	1142
21	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	12	440^th	1868

Negative Metrics:

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	103^rd	8280

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	123^rd	4730
2	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	289^th	4519

Negative Metrics:

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2021)	0	3^rd	3724

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2020)	1	1^st	10067
2	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2020)	6311	1^st	10190
3	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2020)	1015	1^st	4936
4	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2020)	1087	100^th	9634
5	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2020)	9152	102^nd	7402
6	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2020)	250	102^nd	5518
7	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2020)	5379	103^rd	1723
8	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2020)	4706	117^th	5522
9	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2020)	36821	119^th	1148
10	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2020)	56	126^th	1311
11	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2020)	42477	136^th	9934
12	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2020)	654	136^th	6372
13	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	334	149^th	5955
14	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2020)	591	152^nd	9353
15	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2020)	3877	156^th	2005
16	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	49523	157^th	7793
17	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	169^th	1335
18	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2020)	719	170^th	1984
19	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2020)	6137	189^th	8040
20	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	189^th	8671
21	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2020)	344	239^th	10158
22	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2020)	358	241^st	6486
23	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2020)	2447	247^th	8519
24	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2020)	4172	249^th	3923
25	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2021)	1937	259^th	6930
26	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	275	275^th	7998
27	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2020)	28	325^th	4484

Negative Metrics:

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	94^th	5885

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	165^th	2027
2	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	214^th	2756

Negative Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020)	1	83^rd	9369
2	Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020)	1	372^nd	6873

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Murders (NO, IPC 2020)	25	316^th	1790
2	Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, IPC 2020)	25	359^th	7516
3	Number of IPC Crimes (NO, IPC 2020)	2801	372^nd	10954
4	Number of Missing Persons (NO, IPC 2020)	267	446^th	7237

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2023)	593683	184^th	7476
2	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	187044	218^th	9870
3	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, Dec. 2024)	1065262	252^nd	2542
4	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2022)	134	302^nd	1622
5	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)	132859	373^rd	10105
6	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI June 2023)	165	409^th	5187

Negative Metrics:

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	1^st	9519
2	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	181^st	1235
3	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	216^th	7250
4	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	219^th	8272
5	Latin Script (English)	2647	241^st	7348
6	English Multilingual Population	50193	276^th	3945
7	Bengali Script	13153	304^th	8369
8	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	461^st	8858
9	Assamese Script	3229	479^th	2391
10	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	495^th	1420
11	Marathi Script	27903	506^th	3716
12	Telugu Script	39429	510^th	10966
13	Gujarati Script	25953	530^th	10836
14	Odia Script	5442	554^th	9562
15	Tamil Script	23886	610^th	6173
16	Malayalam Script	6112	611^th	7213
17	Kannada Script	23603	633^rd	1259

Negative Metrics:

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	1^st	4603
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2020)	221	234^th	8966
3	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2020)	596633	335^th	4689

Negative Metrics:

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	1^st	2064
2	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	153^rd	4840
3	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	166^th	5683
4	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	182^nd	5475
5	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	193^rd	5004
6	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	207^th	4480
7	# of Inhabited Villages	777	213^th	8941
8	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	233^rd	9115
9	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	235^th	11042
10	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	250^th	8573
11	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	254^th	9643
12	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	274^th	1670
13	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	285^th	5578

Negative Metrics:

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 593^rd

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Central Govt Jobs(Formal),2023	6050	1^st	5042
2	Central PSU Jobs(Formal),2023	1938	1^st	6446
3	Private Jobs(Formal),2023	15104	1^st	10716
4	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	129^th	3398
5	# of Companies,2023	1876	131^st	8568
6	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	153^rd	6172
7	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	358^th	9791
8	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	367^th	8666
9	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	467^th	4527
10	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	478^th	9756

Negative Metrics:

Q - Why is all Prarang India comparative analysis being done for 768 Districts & their respective D.H.Q. (District Head Quarter) towns?
A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

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Q - What is the frequency of data update on various data-fields of Prarang analytics ?
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