Mandi Tehsil

Tehsil in Jammu and Kashmir, India world

Tehsil in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Mandi

Tehsil

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Mandi

Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Mandi

Mandi (India)

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Coordinates: 33°47′46″N 74°15′14″E﻿ / ﻿33.79611°N 74.25389°E﻿ / 33.79611; 74.25389
Country|  India
Union Territory|  Jammu and Kashmir
District| Poonch
Headquarters| Mandi
Government

• Type| Tehsil
• Body| Tehsildar
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 77,947
Languages

• Official| [[Gojari language|Gojari], English, Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu
• Spoken| Gojari, Kashmiri, Pahari
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

185102

Telephone code| 01965
Vehicle registration| JK-12
Literacy| 58.28%
Website| www.poonch.nic.in
A view from Eastern Hills

Mandi is a town and a tehsil in the Poonch district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] Mandi is located in east of the Poonch district, about 171 kilometres (106 mi) from Srinagar and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the Line of Control with Pakistan. The Ancient Hindu temple Baba Budha Amernath is located here.

## Demographics

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Religion in Mandi Tehsil (2011)[2]

1. Islam (96.1%)
2. Hinduism (2.94%)
3. Sikhism (0.43%)
4. Christianity (0.15%)
5. Buddhism (0.01%)
6. Not Stated (0.34%)

The total projected population of Mandi Tehsil is 77,947, with 41,365 males and 36,582 females according to the 2011 census of India. The population includes Gujjars, Bakerwals, Pahari-Pothwari Speakers,[3] which is intermediate between Lahnda and Punjabi.[4] and Kashmiris.

## Transportation

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### Air

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Poonch Airport is a non-operational airstrip in the district headquarters Poonch. The nearest airport to Mandi is Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar, located 180 kilometres from Mandi.

### Rail

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There is no railway connectivity to Mandi. There are plans to construct a Jammu–Poonch line which will connect Jammu with Poonch with railways. The nearest major railway station is Jammu Tawi railway station located 240 kilometres from Mandi.

### Road

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The tehsil is connected to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the NH 144A and other intra-district roads.

## See also

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* Poonch
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Rajouri
* Surankote
* Jammu

## References

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1. ^ "Administrative Setup in District Poonch". Poonch District. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
2. ^ "Mandi Tehsil Population". Census India. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 2.
4. ^ Shackle 1979, p. 201.

### Works cited

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* Lothers, Michael; Lothers, Laura (2010). Pahari and Pothwari: a sociolinguistic survey (Report). SIL Electronic Survey Reports. Vol. 2010–012.
* Shackle, Christopher (1979). "Problems of classification in Pakistan Panjab". Transactions of the Philological Society. 77 (1): 191–210\. doi:10.1111/j.1467-968X.1979.tb00857.x. ISSN 0079-1636.

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Poonch District, India

Cities and Towns|

* Poonch (Municipal Committee)
* Kallai
* Kumar
* Surankote

Tehsils
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| Balakote|

* Balakote
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Haveli|

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Mandi|

* Mandi

Mankote|

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Mendhar|

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