Jourian
Town in Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Jourian is a town and a notified area committee in Jammu district in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jourian | |
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  Jourian Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Jourian Jourian (India) | |
| Coordinates: 32.834°N 74.577°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Jammu |
| Established | 1903 |
| Elevation | 274 m (899 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 3,628 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Dogri, Hindi, English, Kashmiri, Urdu[1][2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 181202 |
History
See Operation Grand Slam in the Chumb-Jourian-Akhnoor sector.
Geography
Jourian is located at 32.83°N 74.58°E.[3] It has an average elevation of 274 metres (899 feet).
Demographics
- Hinduism (97.2%)
- Islam (0.81%)
- Sikhism (0.69%)
- Christianity (0.76%)
- Not Stated (0.53%)
As of 2001[update] India census,[5] 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.[citation needed]
See also
- Line of Actual Control (LAC)