Pundri is a

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and a

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, near Kaithal City in

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of the Indian

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. Pundri along with Pundrak was named after the sage Pundarik, who is highly revered by all

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s. Pundri is the seat of a

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and also a

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constituency currently represented by

Randhir Singh Gollen Randhir Singh Gollen is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Pundri in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as an independent candidate. Previously, he was associated with the Bharatiya Janata ...

. Pundri is also known for its Firni, a sweet which is so popular that nearly 100 quintals of it are sold in the month of August around the festival of

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. Water Flour Mill few remaining in India now, but one of them is a mill which is 123 years old near pundri. This mill was built in 1890 and it is located at the ground floor. Pundri is also known as Fatehpur-Pundri for the village of Fatehpur adjoining it.

Geography

Pundri is located at . It has an average elevation of 224 metres (734 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, Total population of Pundri is 33,484. The sex ratio is 888 (F/M) and 12.02% of the population is under six years of age. The effective literacy rate is 67.8%; male literacy is 74.04% and female literacy is 60.75%. Punjabi, Haryanvi and Hindi are major languages.

Religious places

*Guru Bharamanand Aashram * Pundrik tirth * Gyarah Rudri Shiv Mandir * Devi Mandir Fatehpur * Gurudwara Shri Pundri Sahib

Transport

Pundri is well connected with road network as it many cities Kaithal, Delhi, Chandigarh, Karnal, Kurukshetra.

Educational institutes

Government Schools

* Govt. Senior Secondary School * Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School * Govt. Senior Secondary School, Fatehpur

Private Schools

* DAV Public School * BPR Public School * RN Public School * Shweta Royal Public School * Dhruv public school * Anglo sanskrit senior secondary school

College

* DAV College * KMV College * Maharaja Aggarsain College of Education * Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Technology * Govt. ITI

Gurukul

* Pundri Gurukul * Gurukul Takshshila 5 milestone Pundri karnal highway

Notable people

is the current MLA. He is also chairman of Haryana state tourism. *

Dinesh Kaushik (politician) Dinesh Kaushik (born 13 April 1960) is an independent politician and current Member of Legislative Assembly in Haryana, India. He represents Pundri constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Career Author and academic D. C. Verma, in ...

Ishwar Singh Choudhary Ishwar Singh Jadaula (born 10 April 1950, Jadaula, Kaithal district, Haryana) is a politician from Indian Congress in Haryana state of India. He was a member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana during 2008-2014. He is also an elected Vidhan s ...