Pundri

Pundri (Pundrik)
City
kaithal pundri highway
Pundri Location in Haryana, India Pundri Pundri (India)
Coordinates: 29.75°N 76.55°E / 29.75; 76.55
Government
• Member of Parliament	Nayab Singh Saini
• Member of the Legislative Assembly	Randhir Singh Gollen
Elevation	240.06 m (787.60 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	33,484 (UA)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
• Spoken	Hindi, English, Haryanvi, Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	136026
Telephone code	01746
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR 08
Lok Sabha constituency	Kurukshetra
Website	haryana.gov.in

Pundri is a City and a municipal committee in Kaithal district of the Indian state of Haryana. Pundri along with Pundrak was named after the sage Pundarik, who is highly revered by all Hindus. Pundri is the seat of a Tehsil and also a Haryana Vidhan Sabha constituency currently represented by Randhir Singh Gollen.

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 Teej.

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 29.75°N 76.55°E / 29.75; 76.55. It has an average elevation of 224 metres (734 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, Total population of Pundri is 33,484.[1] 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 ji
• Sikh Gurdwara Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur ji
• Sikh Gurdwara Guru Ravidas ji
• Gurdwara Guru Gobind Singh ji

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
• Guru Gobind Singh Primary School
• Sikh Guru Ravidas Secondary School

Private Schools

• DAV Public School
• BPR Public School
• RN Public School
• Shweta Royal Public School
• Dhruv public school
• Sanskrit senior secondary school
• Guru Nanak Secondary School

College

DAV College Pundri

• DAV College
• KMV College
• Maharaja Aggarsain College of Education
• Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Technology
• Govt. ITI
• Guru Amar Das Institute of Technology

Gurukul

• Pundri Gurukul
• Gurukul Takshshila 5 milestone Pundri karnal highway

Notable people

• Randhir Singh Gollen is the current MLA. He is also chairman of Haryana state tourism.
• Dinesh Kaushik (politician)
• Ishwar Singh

See also

• Kaithal