[1] With headquarters in the town of Poonch, it is bounded by the Line of Control (boundary between Indian and Pakistan administered Kashmir) on three sides (north, west and south).

blocks: Poonch, Mandi, Loran Sathra Mendhar, Mankote Balakote, Surankote, and Buffliaz.

In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Poonch one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

Poonch has a sex ratio of 893 females for every 1000 males (which varies with religion),[13] and a literacy rate of 68.69%.

[13] As of  2011[update], the proportions of different religions in the district were as follows: Islam (90.45%), Hinduism (6.84%), Sikhism (2.35%), Christianity (0.20%), not stated (0.15%), and others (0.02%).

The proportions of religions in urban areas differed from the district as a whole, being: Islam (51.38%), Hinduism (32.82%), Sikhism (14.62%), Christianity (0.96%), not stated (0.20%), and others (0.03%).

Poonch district is connected to the summer capital Jammu by the NH 144A alongside other intra-district roads.

Poonch is well known for its tourism across the country.It has the famous Budda amarnath temple located in Mandi zone.Other places which are well known are- Shree darshnami Akhada Mandir, Nangali Sahib, Navgrah temple, Noori chhamb waterfall, Shiv Khori temple, Poonch view(Mountain Top).Every year in the month of august, a yatra known as chhadi yatra takes place in which people from all over india travel to the city and join the yatra to seek blessings.

The city is known for its delicious vegetarian, non-vegetarian and vegan cuisines.Most people here follow a non-vegetarian diet, followed by lacto-ovo-vegetarian, lacto-vegetarian diet.People here follow diet due to personal, cultural, or religious reasons.Various non-vegetarian restraunts serve finger-licking delicious meat dishes and of kashmir cuisine.People here eat a variety of meat like poultry, mutton, lamb, pork(few), beef(only rural areas), fish and lean meats.The city also serves vegetarian and vaishnav food in various restraunts.Most fast foods are vegetarian.People following Islam strictly restrict to meat made in halal manner whereas most non-muslims and sikhs restrict to jhatka way.