Khanachak

Description

• R.S. Pura (short for Ranbir Singh Pura) is a Tehsil in the Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir. 

• The region lies on relatively flat plains, with hot summers (around 44 °C) and cold winters (down to 6 °C). 

• It is quite close to the Indo-Pak border, and one of its villages, Suchetgarh, is a border settlement. 

• The area is irrigated via canal systems (like the Ranbir Canal), supporting its agricultural richness. 

History & Culture

• Named after Maharaja Ranbir Singh, a Dogra ruler. 

• This was the first planned town in the erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir under Dogra rule. 

• Before Partition (1947), R.S. Pura had a railway station that connected to Sialkot (now in Pakistan), making it historically significant in cross-border trade. 

• The local population speaks Dogri, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu. 

• There is a strong sense of local pride: for instance, Bana Singh, a Param Vir Chakra awardee, has a stadium named after him in R.S. Pura. 

Economy

• Agriculture is the backbone of the economy: R.S. Pura is especially known for producing high-quality Basmati rice.

• Other crops include wheat and various vegetables.

• There are rice mills in the area for processing rice.

• In some villages (like Chakroi) animal husbandry — especially dairy — is being promoted; Chakroi is being developed as a “milk village” for local Gujjar communities.

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