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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Punian (ਪੂਨੀਆ)<br />
| native_name = poonian <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|31.0885158|N|75.2377707|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Shahkot, India|Shahkot]]<br />
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]<br />
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]] charanjit singh gill 8427930129<br />
| unit_pref = Metric <br />
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<!-- for references: use <ref>tags -->| elevation_m = 240<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_total = 2286<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32437|title=Punian Population per Census India|work=[[Census of India, 2011]]}}</ref><br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 1164/1122 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
| demographics1_title2 = <br />
| demographics1_info2 = <br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 144702<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone<br />
| area_code = <br />
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 08<br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-PB]]<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = Post office<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = <br />
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| official_name = <br />
}}<br />
[[File:View of Village Punian.jpg|thumb|View of Village Punian in July 2019|alt=|left]]<br />
'''Punian''' or Poonian is a village in [[Shahkot, India|Shahkot]] in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located {{convert|10|km}} from [[Shahkot, India|Shahkot]], {{convert|28|km}} from [[Nakodar]], {{convert|52|km}} from district headquarter [[Jalandhar]] and {{convert|185|km}} from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[Indian National Congress|congress party]] [[sarpanch]] who is an [[elected representative]] of village as per [[Panchayati raj (India)]].<br />
[[File:Diwali View of Village Punian.jpg|left|thumb|600x600px|The Night View of Punian on Diwlai 2018]]<br />
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== Demography ==<br />
As of 2011, The village has a total population of 2286 of which include 1164 are males while 1122 are females according to the report [[published]] by [[Census India]] in 2011. [[Literacy|Literacy rate]] of the village is 70.16%, lower than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 207 out of total population of 2286.<br />
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The Village does have both Schedule Tribe and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste]] population of 591 and 207 respectively which turns into total 34.90% of Total Village Population.<br />
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As per census 2011, 753 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 645 males and 108 females. According to census survey report 2011, 711 workers out of total 753 describe their work as [[Mainz Workers' and Soldiers' Council|main work]] and rest of workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for 6 months<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32540|title=Census of India: Search Details|website=censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
Punian has one Government Senior Secondary School and one Government Primary School . The Village Does not have any College in the village, the nearest degree college to the Village is Dav College, Nakodar which is 26 km from the Village and for the Higher Education and Masters Students has to travel to [[Jalandhar|Jalandhar City]] to study.<br />
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== Transport ==<br />
[[Sindhar]] station is the nearest [[train station]]. The village is {{convert|90|km}} away from [[domestic airport]] in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest [[international airport]] is [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] which is {{convert|104|km}} away in [[Amritsar]] and the second nearest [[international airport]] is located in Chandigarh<br />
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The Village is well connected by the bus service of both [[Punjab Roadways]] and as well as 1 Private Bus company which connects the village with nearest towns of [[Shahkot, India|Shahkot]], [[Lohian Khas]] and [[Sultanpur Lodhi]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Jalandhar district}}<br />
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