Potha Bainsi is a village in
Mirpur District
The Mirpur District ( ur, ) is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan's dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. The Mirpur District is bounded on the north by the Kotli District, on the east by the Bhimber District, on the south by the Gujrat Dis ...
of
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee:
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Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. The nearest town is
Kakra.
It is approximately 8 miles east from the city of
Mirpur and approx 20 miles from the city of
Jhelum
Jhelum ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city on the east bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the district of Jhelum in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population. Jhelum is known for p ...
.
Demography
According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, its population was 1,391.
History
Potha Bainsi is relatively new town, built in the 1960s. The original Potha village was engulfed by the construction of the Mangla Dam. As a result of building of the dam, the residents of old Potha and surrounding villages either moved to new Potha Bainsi or migrated to Punjab and Sindh province of Pakistan. Some of the residents even migrated to other parts of world especially the United Kingdom after the local fields, where the majority of residents worked, were engulfed by the waters and the lack of work opportunities in nearby cities.
References
Populated places in Mirpur District
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