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Poonch AI Report

Date: June 7, 2025

Poonch, situated in Jammu and Kashmir, has 1.1% of the state's population.

Poonch is the 591^st 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 608^th highest ranked in population and 627^th ranked in area, in India.

Poonch is the 1^st highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies that economic activies in this district is more compared to other districts.

Poonch is the 94^th highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies that this district has a better police infrastructure compared to other districts.

Poonch is the 103^rd highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that this district has a higher birth rate and/or higher attractiveness for migrants.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Poonch is the 434^th highest ranked in . This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)

House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)

Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)

Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)

AEGR (2011) (District)

AEGR (2011) (District)

Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)

Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)

Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)

Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)

City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)

City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)

Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023

Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023

Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)

Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Poonch is the 147^th worst ranked in . This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

The Average State/UT FB Users % of State Literate Population (%, FB 2025) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 106. Poonch is the 534^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This indicates lower facebook IDs in FB Advertising module for this town vis a vis other towns.

Poonch is the 478^th worst ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies low private sector growth.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Poonch is the 448^th worst ranked in Urban Internet Pop / State or UT Pop (%, TRAI December 2024) . This indicates lower number of state urban internet users as reported in TRAI quarterly report vis a vis other state's urban internet users.

Poonch City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Poonch Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	1.34%	5^th	7619
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	0.01%	18^th	7483
Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	0.23%	73^rd	3317
Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	0.24%	88^th	9121
Ab. Prod (Mn Bales)Cotton Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Bales)Cotton Production	0.01%	89^th	4660
Number of Mule (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Mule (20th Cattle Census)	0.08%	108^th	7117
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production	0.02%	114^th	4626
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.05%	120^th	5247
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	0.04%	121^st	7788
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	0.01%	123^rd	8890
Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production	0.07%	131^st	1368
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production	0.01%	136^th	7566
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.02%	179^th	10915
Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	0.01%	200^th	1220
Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	0.12%	249^th	9738
Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	326^th	2003
Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	0.09%	339^th	8127
Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	0.04%	360^th	5628
Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	0.03%	518^th	2598

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: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of District Hospital	1	162^nd	4290

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Nurses	3392	54^th	3527
2	No of Community Health Centers	9	169^th	10216
3	No of Hospital Beds	1470	255^th	5156
4	No of Doctors	1795	306^th	10379
5	No of Total Hospitals	61	370^th	7782
6	No of Primary Health Centers	48	427^th	5305

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	1^st	8712
2	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	193^rd	1220

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	65^th	10233
2	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	83^rd	5199
3	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	112^th	3453
4	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	134^th	7594
5	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	147^th	2772
6	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	159^th	2803
7	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	165^th	3538
8	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	188^th	5567
9	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	189^th	10594
10	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	190^th	5306
11	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	205^th	8292
12	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	205^th	5300
13	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	231^st	1595
14	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	243^rd	6015
15	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	255^th	9225
16	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	303^rd	2154
17	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	365^th	6902
18	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	391^st	6675
19	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	393^rd	3912
20	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	417^th	3020

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	103^rd	11205

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	123^rd	3499
2	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	289^th	4398

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	100^th	6064
2	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	106^th	10170
3	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	107^th	10914
4	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	109^th	7903
5	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	118^th	8268
6	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	119^th	8115
7	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	124^th	3018
8	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	135^th	1987
9	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	137^th	6254
10	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	138^th	7167
11	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	146^th	8263
12	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	149^th	5000
13	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	157^th	2339
14	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	165^th	3949
15	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	169^th	7227
16	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	189^th	3938
17	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	190^th	8897
18	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	218^th	5466
19	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	220^th	4330
20	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	233^rd	7350
21	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	235^th	8620
22	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	258^th	1365
23	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	273^rd	2290
24	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	298^th	10235
25	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	303^rd	1935

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	94^th	8275
2	Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)	1	147^th	2419
3	Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)	1	362^nd	9371

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	165^th	7903
2	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	214^th	10164
3	Number of Murders (NO, NCRB 2022)	24	279^th	4293
4	Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)	29	289^th	3875
5	Number of IPC Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)	2654	354^th	2346
6	Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)	285	434^th	7654

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in May, 2025)	135164	172^nd	6026
2	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	411790	183^rd	7665
3	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, May 2025)	172612	215^th	6013
4	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	270^th	3983
5	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)	122	448^th	1477
6	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	534^th	3462

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	181^st	6686
2	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	216^th	6416
3	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	219^th	3159
4	Latin Script (English)	2647	241^st	5829
5	English Multilingual Population	50193	276^th	7405
6	Bengali Script	13153	304^th	9155
7	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	461^st	5847
8	Assamese Script	3229	479^th	8618
9	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	495^th	7210
10	Marathi Script	27903	506^th	10890
11	Telugu Script	39429	510^th	2786
12	Gujarati Script	25953	530^th	8562
13	Odia Script	5442	554^th	2069
14	Tamil Script	23886	610^th	8819
15	Malayalam Script	6112	611^th	10752
16	Kannada Script	23603	633^rd	11010

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	235^th	3448
2	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	369^th	5157

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	153^rd	4675
2	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	166^th	6838
3	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	182^nd	7493
4	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	193^rd	2456
5	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	207^th	10128
6	# of Inhabited Villages	777	213^th	1505
7	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	233^rd	8463
8	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	235^th	5939
9	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	250^th	5832
10	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	254^th	5707
11	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	274^th	2865
12	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	285^th	3078

Population: 26,854 | Population Rank: 591^st

Area (KM²): 1,674 | Area Rank: 627^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	129^th	2330
2	# of Companies,2023	1876	131^st	9741
3	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	153^rd	5165
4	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	358^th	4566
5	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	367^th	9545
6	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	467^th	9912
7	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	478^th	10021

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)	:	591^st
District Area (km²)	:	1,674
District Area (Rank)	:	627^th
No.of Towns in District	:	3
No. of Villages in District	:	178

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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A - Prarang does not do surveys to collect data. We mostly use Public sources of data - both government census, surveys, reports and private surveys whose results are available in news media & public websites. We follow a three-fold Indian logic ( Tarkashastra) method of information/data classification - We collect Pramana ( Evidence based i.e. Census, Reliable Surveys etc) data & then do Anumana ( Estimation modelling ) to Geo tag fill data in the residual Districts/DHQ (District HQ), to ensure data completion for "All India". We then do Upamana ( comparison) i.e. rank all districts/DHQs for a relative comparison. For each data field, the Samana ( Country Average) is calculated to again rank all districts/DHQs on Rank Above or Rank Below the Samana/Average. All our data sources, and our estimation modeling methods are transparently shared on each data field title , and can be accessed by clicking on the "i" icon.

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A - All Upamana ( comparison ranks of India locations) is available for free. Currently, ranks for each of the 768 India districts/DHQs ,in over 350+ data fields , are available on Prarang Analytics. There are 3 India Analytic products ( India Market Planner, India Ad Planner & India Development Planner) with respective Standard data-field available for free comparison & free sharing, for a limited period of time. But one can optionally add any of the additional data fields ( absolute data) & juxtapose them for download against the standard data-fields, for a charge. Depending on how many Cities/Districts & how many optional data-fields are selected, your cart will reflect the total amount required to be paid. Payment can be done using the payment gateway, in the final step. An invoice with GST details will be auto-generated on successful payment.

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A - Prarang does not do any surveys. It does data modelling & estimations on the basis of the third- party census & surveys, already in the public domain. It also shares the source of the data it uses. Users need to make their own judgement of how, for what purpose & when they use the data which they download from this Prarang website.

Q - What is the frequency of data update on various data-fields of Prarang analytics ?
A - We are continuously on the lookout for market announcements of new surveys & new data. You can expect important government survey results to be live on our website, within 30 to 45 days after appearing in press/media. We model on spreadsheets & update our SQL databases, after data validation. Many government sources are following a regular frequency (Eg. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) etc) however, many other data-fields including GDP by State & Crime Rates by State, are not being reported at a regular frequency.