Poonian
Poonian is a rural village that in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab, India. The village is represented through a sarpanch.
The village is from Nawanshahr and from Chandigarh.
Demography
As of the 2011 census, Poonian has a total of 206 houses and a population of 942, of whom 492 are males. The literacy rate of Poonian is 75.30%. Of the total population, 11.89% are children under the age of 6 years. The child sex ratio is approximately 0.836 female/male, as compared to Punjab state average of 0.846 female/male.17.2% of Poonian residents belong to a scheduled caste, while 82.8% belong to a scheduled tribe.
314 people were engaged in work activities. 89.49% workers describe their work as main work and 10.51% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Education
The village is away from Chandigarh University, away from Indian Institute of Technology, away from Lovely Professional University, and from Industrial Training Institute Nawanshahr.Nearby schools include:
- Govt Senior Secondary School, Ladhana Jhikka
- Dashmesh Model School, Kahma
- Govt High School, Jhander Kalan
- Govt Gigh School, Khan Khana
- Guru Ram Dass Public School, Cheta