Surankote Tehsil is a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...

of the Poonch district in the

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n union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is headquartered at the Surankote.

Administration

The Surankote tehsil is headquartered at Surankote.

Demographics

The total projected population of Surankote Tehsil is 124,755, with 65,699 males and 59,056 females according to the

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. The population includes Paharis,

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s, Bakerwals and

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Transportation

Air

Poonch Airport is a non-operational airstrip in the district headquarters

Poonch Poonch, sometimes also spelt Punchh, may refer to: * Historical Poonch District, a district in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in British India, split in 1947 between: ** Poonch district, India ** Poonch Division, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, ...

located 30 kilometres from Surankote. The nearest airport to Surankote is

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in Srinagar, located 150 kilometres from Surankote.

Rail

There is no railway connectivity to Surankote. There are plans to construct the Jammu–Poonch line which will connect

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with the district headquarters

with railways. The nearest major railway station is

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located 210 kilometres from Surankote.

Road

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

References

External links

The Official Website of Jammu and Kashmir Government, India

Official Website of District Poonch, India

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