Akhnoor
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Place details
- Locality
- Akhnoor
- Region
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Country
- India
- Population
- 20,756
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Air quality
117US AQIUnhealthy (sensitive)
- PM2.5
- 28.2 µg/m³
- PM10
- 29.4 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-12 10:30 · Open-Meteo
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Akhnoor
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fort at Akhnoor 2013-09-05 12-15-20.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Akhnoor Fort in Akhnoor, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Jammu and Kashmir#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Union Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jammu
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Committee
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal Committee Akhnoor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 301
- Settlement.population_total
- 20756
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Ancient
- Modern
- Etymology
- Geography
- Demographics
- Religion
- See also
- References
Akhnoor is a town and municipal committee, near city of Jammu in Jammu district of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies 28 km away from Jammu city. Akhnoor is on the bank of the Chenab River, just before it enters the Pakistani Punjab. Its border location gives it strategic significance. The Akhnoor area is divided into three administrative sub-divisions - Akhnoor, Chowki Choura and Khour; Seven Tehsils - Akhnoor Khaas, Chowki Choura, Maira Mandrian, Jourian, Kharah Balli, Khour & Pargwal.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akhnoor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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