Poonia or Punia or Puniya is a clan (or

gotra In Hindu culture, the term gotra (Sanskrit: गोत्र) is considered to be equivalent to lineage. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline. Generally, the gotr ...

) of

Jats The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in ...

Notable people

* Jai Narayan Poonia (1934–2021), Indian politician *

Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia (born 24 April 1977) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from the Congress party and the former MLA ...

, Indian Politician and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er *

Navdeep Poonia Navdeep Singh Poonia (born 11 May 1986) is a Scottish cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler. He has played One Day Internationals for Scotland, and was selected for his country for the 2007 Cricket World C ...

, Scottish

cricket player Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails (small sticks) balanced on three stumps. Two players from th ...

* Poonam Poonia, Indian cricketer *

Surendra Poonia Major Dr. Surendra Poonia, VSM is an international award-winning sportsman, Limca book record holder, physician, former Special Forces officer of the Indian Army, founder of Soldierathon marathon, Fit Bharat and a politician of Bharatiya Ja ...

, Indian sportsman * Usha Poonia, Indian politician *

Bajrang Punia Bajrang Punia (born 26 February 1994) is an Indian politician and a freestyle wrestler. He is a member of the Indian National Congress serving as the ''Working President of the All India Kisan Congress''. Punia joined Congress party along wit ...

, Indian wrestler * Bijender Kumar Punia, vice chancellor of

Maharshi Dayanand University Maharshi Dayanand University (also called M.D. University or simply MDU; formerly University of Rohtak) is an Indian public university in Rohtak, Haryana. Established in 1976, the university is named after the noted Indian social reformer Dayan ...

* Deepak Punia (cricketer), Indian cricketer * K. R. Punia (1936–2025), Indian politician * Mandeep Punia, freelance journalist from

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Pavitra Punia Neha Singh, (born 22 April 1986) known by her stage name Pavitra Punia, is an Indian actress. She is known for playing Geet Dhillon in '' Love U Zindagi'' and an evil fairy named Timnasa in the sitcom fantasy series ''Baalveer Returns''. She ...

, Indian actress *

Priya Punia Priya Punia (born 6 August 1996) is an Indian cricketer. In December 2018, she was named in India women's cricket team, India's squad for their series India women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19, against New Zealand. She made her Wome ...

, Indian Cricket player * Savita Punia, Indian field hockey player *

Seema Punia Seema Punia-Antil (born 27 July 1983) is an Indian discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.84 m,achieved in Kyiv in 2004. Early life Seema Antil was born in Khewda village of Sonipat district in Haryana. Her sporting career began at the ag ...

(also known as Seema Antil), Indian

References

{{surname Jat clans of Haryana Jat clans of Rajasthan Jat clans of Delhi