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Poonch: Army Defuses Rusted Mortar Shell in Jammu and Kashmir Village
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- LGD code
- 1224
- Pincode
- 185211
- Post office
- Dharamsal Mendhar
- Population
- 1,290
- Households
- 127
- Literacy rate
- 76.9%
- Sex ratio
- 355 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 820
Census 2011 · in context
How Basooni compares
By population, Basooni ranks #3 of 13 villages in Balakote mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.9%
+20.4% vs mandal average
Basooni76.9%
Balakote mandal56.5%
Poonch district54.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
355
−609 vs mandal average
Basooni355
Balakote mandal964
Household size
people per home
10.2
+4.6 vs mandal average
Basooni10.2
Balakote mandal5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basooni at a glance
Basooni is a village of 1,290 people in 127 households (Census 2011) in Balakote tehsil, Poonch district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 3rd-largest of 13 villages in Balakote tehsil. Literacy is 77%, 20 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 355 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 185211, served by Dharamsal Mendhar post office; the LGD village code is 1224. The village votes in Budhal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Javaid Iqbal. The population is estimated at 1,521 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Basooni
- LGD code
- 1224
- Pincode
- 185211
- Post office
- Dharamsal Mendhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,290
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,521
- Households
- 127
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 355
- Literacy rate
- 76.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anantnag-Rajouri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Budhal
- Member of Parliament
- Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Javaid Iqbal
- Block / Mandal
- Balakote
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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