Bandipore district

Bandipore district (also spelt as Bandipora or Bandipur) is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.^[1] It is one of the 20 districts in the Jammu and Kashmir. Bandipore town is the administrative headquarters of the district. Bandipore is located in the foothills of the snow-clad peaks of Harmukh overlooking the shores of Wular Lake and has produced hundreds of scholars and intellectuals.^{[citation needed]} The district is known for its tourist places such as Wular Vintage Park, Athwatoo and Gurez valley. Before 1947, this town was a big trade and literary centre of Kashmir. This district was carved out from the erstwhile Baramulla district in 2007. The district is bounded by Kupwara district from the north, Baramulla district from west and Kargil district in Ladakh and Ganderbal district from the east. This district occupies an area of 398 km².^[5] The district has a population of 392,232 as per 2011 census.

Bandipore Bandpur Bandipora, Bandipur
District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India
Bandipora
Wular Lake, largest freshwater lake in India
Interactive map of Bandipore district
Bandipore district is in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region^[1] It is in the Kashmir division (bordered in neon blue).
Coordinates (Bandipore): 34°25′12″N 74°39′00″E / 34.42000°N 74.65000°E / 34.42000; 74.65000
Administering country	India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
Division	Kashmir Division
Seat	Bandipore
Government
• MLA	Vacant (NA)
• District Development Council	Chairman: Abdul Gani Bhat, V.C: Kaunser Shafeeq
Area
• Total	345 km^2 (133 sq mi)
• Urban	49.6 km^2 (19.2 sq mi)
• Rural	295.4 km^2 (114.1 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[2]
• Total	392,232
• Density	1,100/km^2 (2,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Bandiporia, Bandipuriya, Bandiporiyan, Bandporuek
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English^[3]^[4]
Time zone	Indian Standard Time
Deputy commissioner	Shakeel Ul Rehman Rather
Superintendent of Police	Lakshya Sharma, IPS
Website	bandipore.nic.in

Education

Some of the institutions and colleges of Bandipur which provide quality education to the students of district Bandipore.

• Govt HKM Degree College Patushay
• Govt Degree College Gurez
• Krishi Vigyan Kendra Patushay
• Islamiya Model School Patushay
• Govt Middle School Patushay
• Govt Girls Higher Secondary School, Plan Bandipora
• Govt NM Boys Higher School Kaloosa
• Govt Higher Secondary school Quilmuqam
• Govt Polytechnic College Bandipora
• Kendriya Vidyalaya BSF Bandipur.
• Al-Noor College Of Education moder
• Mehboobul Aalam College Of Education
• Govt High School Bagh]
• Govt High School Qazipora bandipora
• Muslim Model School Qazipora Watapora
• Army Good Will School Aythmulla
• Shaheen College Of Education
• Govt Higher Sec. School Nadihal
• Govt Higher Sec. School Aloosa
• Govt Higher Sec. School Aragam
• Govt Secondary School Mantrigam
• Govt Secondary School Bonakoot
• Eaglets Public Secondary School Plan
• SMS Islamia Model Higher Secondary School, Garoora
• Government Higher Secondary School, Arin

Divisions

The district comprises seven tehsils: Ajas, Aloosa, Bandipore, Sumbal, Hajin, Gurez and Tulail. The district has three Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Gurez, Bandipore and Sonawari. All of these are part of Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency. The district comprises twelve community development blocks: Aloosa, Arin, Baktoor, Bandipore, Bonkoot, Ganastan, Gurez, Hajin, Naidkhai, Nowgam, Sumbal and Tulail.

Demographics

Religion in Bandipore district (2011)^[6]
Religion			Percent
Islam			97.39%
Hinduism			2.15%
Other or not stated			0.46%

Sex Ratio in Bandipore District in 2011 Census.^[6] (no. females per 1,000 males)
Religion (and population)			Sex Ratio
Muslim (pop 382,006)			926
Hindu (pop 8,439)			47
Other (pop 1,787)			378
Total (pop 392,232)			889

Languages of Bandipore district (2011)^[7]

  Kashmiri (82.39%)

  Gojri (8.82%)

  Shina (4.18%)

  Pahari (1.91%)

  Urdu (1.27%)

  Others (1.43%)

According to the 2011 census Bandipore district has a population of 392,232,^[8] roughly equal to the nation of Maldives.^[9] This gives it a ranking of 561st in India (out of a total of 640).^[8] The district has a population density of 1,117 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,890/sq mi) .^[8] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 26.31%.^[8] Bandipore has a sex ratio of 899 females for every 1000 males^[8] (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 57.82%.^[8]

Bandipore district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.^[6]
	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikh	Buddhist	Jain	Other	Not stated	Total
Total	8,439	382,006	572	555	44	17	2	597	392,232
	2.15%	97.39%	0.15%	0.14%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%	0.15%	100.00%
Male	8,061	198,322	380	520	40	8	0	349	207,680
Female	378	183,684	192	35	4	9	2	248	184,552
Gender ratio (% female)	4.5%	48.1%	33.6%	6.3%	9.1%	52.9%	100.0%	41.5%	47.1%
Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males)	47	926	505	67	–	–	–	711	889
Urban	2,549	62,557	91	50	18	2	2	92	65,361
Rural	5,890	319,449	481	505	26	15	0	505	326,871
% Urban	30.2%	16.4%	15.9%	9.0%	40.9%	11.8%	100.0%	15.4%	16.7%

At the time of the 2011 census, 82.39% of the population spoke Kashmiri, 8,82% Gojri, 4.18% Shina, 1.91% Pahari and 1.27% Hindi as their first language.^[7]

See also

• Wular Lake
• Gurez Valley
• Patushay
• Bandipore
• Bandipora Assembly constituency

References

1. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (f) through (h) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (i) below).
   (a) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
   (b) Pletcher, Kenneth, Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 16 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
   (c) "Kashmir", Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328, ISBN 978-0-7172-0139-6 C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947";
   (d) Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan (2003), Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: G to M, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1191–, ISBN 978-0-415-93922-5 Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute betw een India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China."
   (e) Talbot, Ian (2016), A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas, Yale University Press, pp. 28–29, ISBN 978-0-300-19694-8 Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.";
   (f) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "... China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962.";
   (g) Bose, Sumantra (2009), Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace, Harvard University Press, pp. 294, 291, 293, ISBN 978-0-674-02855-5 Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million. AJK has six districts: Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Bagh, Kodi, Rawalakot, and Poonch. Its capital is the town of Muzaffarabad. AJK has its own institutions, but its political life is heavily controlled by Pakistani authorities, especially the military), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control."
   (h) Fisher, Michael H. (2018), An Environmental History of India: From Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century, Cambridge University Press, p. 166, ISBN 978-1-107-11162-2 Quote: "Kashmir’s identity remains hotly disputed with a UN-supervised “Line of Control” still separating Pakistani-held Azad (“Free”) Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir.";
   (i) Snedden, Christopher (2015), Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris, Oxford University Press, p. 10, ISBN 978-1-84904-621-3 Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'."
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7. C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
8. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
9. US Directorate of Intelligence. . Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Maldives 394,999 July 2011 est.

External links

• Official Website
• Bandipora Tourism Guide