Balakote, Balakote

Balakote is a village located in the Balakote Tehsil of Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir. The village falls in Balakote block.

As on April 2024, the current population of Balakote is 515 out of which 242 are males and rest 273 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1128 females per 1000 males. There are around 88 teenagers in Balakote. It has literacy rate of 65% which means around 333 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 62 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 115 households in Balakote, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 351. The pincode of Balakote is 185211 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Dharamsal Mendhar Sub Post office
• Ari Branch Post office
• Chuggan Branch Post office
• Naka Majari Branch Post office
• Prat Branch Post office

Schools

Balakote has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Middle School Behrote
• Primary School Police Post Balakote
• Primary School Thari Balakote

Banks

Balakote has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• HDFC Bank Mendhar
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Balakote
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Sakhimaidan
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Sangla Chowk
• State Bank of India Mendhar