Pundri


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.

Educational infrastructure

It is home to four colleges, named Ch. Ishwar Singh P.G. Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Ch. Ishwar Singh Mahila Shikshan Mahavidyalaya, Maharaja Aggarsain College of Education and D.A.V College. The Government High School and A.S High School are the biggest and oldest schools in Pundri, Pundri during three decades from '50s to '80s was known for a healthy rivalry between these two schools, in terms of pass percentage of students. The rivalry was represented by the respective principals, namely, Mr. K.C Prabhakar and Mr. M.R Chopra. Presently, the generation in the age group of 45 to 75 mostly owe their scholastic achievements to either of these two stalwarts in the area of education. Mr. Sohan Lal Gupta is the present Principal of the A.S High School. The junior branch of AS high school is Gita Ram Model school which is held by Smt.chander thakran as headmistress from late 70's till 2006.
The S.B. Institute of Engineering & Technology, a new engineering college established in 2008, provides degree courses in
Information Technology,
Computer Science & Engineering,
Electronics & Communication Engineering,
Civil Engineering, and
Mechanical Engineering.
For 2011 M.tech is also offered in CSE with 18 seats approved from AICTE Delhi.
Pundri gurukul is situated on Pundri Kurukshetra Road

Educational Institutes

Government Schools

Sh. Randhir Singh Gollen is the current MLA. He is also chairman of Haryana state tourism.
Dinesh Kaushik
Ch. Ishwar Singh

Background

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, Total population of Pundri is 33,484. The sex ratio is 888 and 12.02% of the population is under six years of age. The effective literacy rate is 67.8%; male literacy is % and74.04 female literacy is 60.75%. Punjabi,haryanvi & Hindi are major languages

History

Religious places

Pundrik Tirth

Devi Mandir Fatehpur

Gurudwara Shri Pundri Sahib

Transport

Road

Pundri is well connected with road network as it many cities Kaithal, Delhi, Chandigarh, Karnal, Kurukshetra.

Rail

Geography

Pundri is located at. It has an average elevation of 224 metres.