Punch (city)
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| Union Territory : | Jammu and Kashmir | ||
| District : | Punch | ||
| Location : | 33 ° 46 ′ N , 74 ° 6 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 981 m | ||
| Residents : | 26,854 (2011) | ||
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Punch ( Hindi पुंछ , English Poonch ) is a city ( Municipal Council ) in the far west of the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir .
It forms the administrative seat of the district of the same name . In the 2011 census, the population was 26,854. In 2001 it was 23,442. 44% Hindus and 33.5% Muslims live in the city of Punch .
Punch is located at an altitude of 981 m on the north bank of the river of the same name, about 7 km from the Pakistani border. The river valley is separated from the rest of Jammu and Kashmir by the Pir Panjal mountain range . A trunk road leads to Rajouri in the south and on to Jammu . The Mughal Road leads over a 3505 m high pass and connects since 2007 Punch with Shopian in the Kashmir Valley . There is a bus connection between the cities of Rawalakot in Pakistan and Punch.
climate
The climate in Punch is determined by the monsoons in the summer months of July and August . The average annual precipitation is 946.7 mm.
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ census2011.co.in
- ↑ a b census2011.co.in
- ↑ censusindia.net ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )