Jourian

Jourian is a town and a notified area committee in Jammu district in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

History

See Operation Grand Slam in the Chumb-Jourian-Akhnoor sector.

Geography

Jourian is located at. It has an average elevation of 274 metres.

Demographics

India census, Jourian had a population of 3628. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jourian has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 68%. In Jourian, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
In the 2011 census 97.20% of residents were Hindu, 0.69% were Sikh and 0.81% were Muslim.