[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).

The present MP of Anantnag-Rajouri constituency is Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi of JKNC.

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.

There are more government schools than private institutes.The major and well known educational institutions in the city include: