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Jammu district

Jammu district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.[1] It is the most populous district in the Jammu division.[4]

Jammu district
District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India[1]
Bahu Fort, Jammu, India
Interactive map of Jammu district
Jammu district is in the Jammu division (shown with neon blue boundary) of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (shaded in tan in the disputed Kashmir region[1]
Coordinates (Jammu): 32°44′N 74°52′E / 32.73°N 74.87°E / 32.73; 74.87
Administering countryIndia
Union territoryJammu and Kashmir
DivisionJammu Division
HeadquartersJammu
Tehsils
  1. Akhnoor
  2. Arnia
  3. Bahu
  4. Bhalwal
  5. Bishnah
  6. Chowki Choura
  7. Dansal
  8. Jammu
  9. Jammu North
  10. Jammu South
  11. Jammu West
  12. Jourian
  13. Kharah Balli
  14. Khour
  15. Maira Mandrian
  16. Mandal
  17. Marh
  18. Nagrota
  19. Pargwal
  20. Ranbir Singh Pura
  21. Suchetgarh
Government
 • District MagistrateAvny Lavasa (IAS)
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesJammu (Lok Sabha constituency)
 • Vidhan Sabha constituencies11
Area
 • Total2,342 km2 (904 sq mi)
 • Urban
252.13 km2 (97.35 sq mi)
 • Rural
2,089.87 km2 (806.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,529,958
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
 • Urban
765,013
 • Rural
764,945
Demographics
 • Literacy83.45%
 • Sex ratio880
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationJK-02
Websitehttp://jammu.nic.in/


D[5]emand for separate division for chenab valley edit

People's of chenab valley,Doda Rajouri and pirpanjal have their demand for separate division. Chenab valley divsion


Administrative divisions edit

Jammu District has 7 Sub-Divisions:

There are 21 tehsils:[6]

  • Akhnoor
  • Arnia
  • Bahu
  • Bhalwal
  • Bishnah
  • Chowki Choura
  • Dansal
  • Jammu
  • Jammu North
  • Jammu South
  • Jammu West
  • Jourian
  • Kharah Balli
  • Khour
  • Maira Mandrian
  • Mandal
  • Marh
  • Nagrota
  • Pargwal
  • Ranbir Singh Pura
  • Suchetgarh

There are 20 Blocks:

  • Akhnoor
  • Arnia
  • Bhalwal
  • Bhalwal Brahmana
  • Bishnah
  • Chowki Choura
  • Dansal
  • Khour
  • Kharah Balli
  • Maira Mandrian
  • Mandal
  • Marh
  • Mathwar
  • Miran Sahib
  • Nagrota
  • Pargwal
  • R.S. Pura
  • Samwan
  • Satwari
  • Suchetgarh

Demographics edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1901 291,399—    
1911 279,051−4.2%
1921 285,361+2.3%
1931 316,647+11.0%
1941 364,253+15.0%
1951 401,532+10.2%
1961 438,810+9.3%
1971 616,396+40.5%
1981 792,490+28.6%
1991 1,043,302+31.6%
2001 1,357,077+30.1%
2011 1,529,958+12.7%
† 1951 and 1991 populations are estimated
Source: Census of India[7]

According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon[8] or the US state of Hawaii.[9] This gives it a ranking of 326th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 596 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,540/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.48%. Jammu has a sex ratio of 871 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.98%.[citation needed] The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 24.7% and 4.5% of the population of the district.[10]

Religion in Jammu district (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
84.27%
Sikhism
7.47%
Islam
7.03%
Other or not stated
1.23%
Jammu district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.[3]
Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Buddhist Jain Other Not stated Total
Total 1,289,240 107,489 12,104 114,272 470 1,987 321 4,075 1,529,958
84.27% 7.03% 0.79% 7.47% 0.03% 0.13% 0.02% 0.27% 100.00%
Male 685,679 56,927 6,455 61,098 266 1,038 171 2,187 813,821
Female 603,561 50,562 5,649 53,174 204 949 150 1,888 716,137
Gender ratio (% female) 46.8% 47.0% 46.7% 46.5% 43.4% 47.8% 46.7% 46.3% 46.8%
Sex ratio
(no. of females per 1,000 males)
880 888 875 870 914 863 880
Urban 621,495 54,157 9,599 75,307 361 1,949 156 1,989 765,013
Rural 667,745 53,332 2,505 38,965 109 38 165 2,086 764,945
% Urban 48.2% 50.4% 79.3% 65.9% 76.8% 98.1% 48.6% 48.8% 50.0%
Sex Ratio in Jammu District in 2011 Census.[3]
(no. females per 1,000 males)
Religion (and population) Sex Ratio
Hindu (pop 1,289,240)
880
Sikh (pop 114,272)
870
Muslim (pop 107,489)
888
Christian (pop 12,104)
875
Other (pop 2,778)
883
Not stated (pop 4,075)
863
Total (pop 1,529,958)
880

Languages edit

Languages of Jammu district (2011)[11]

  Dogri (70.85%)
  Punjabi (8.10%)
  Kashmiri (6.00%)
  Hindi (5.88%)
  Gojri (3.86%)
  Others (5.31%)

The most widely spoken language of Jammu is Dogri. Other languages spoken are Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Gojri and English.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c 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'."
  2. ^ District Census Handbook Jammu, Part A (PDF). Census of India 2011 (Report). 18 June 2014. pp. 13, 51, 116. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
    District Census Handbook Jammu, Part B (PDF). Census of India 2011 (Report). 16 June 2014. pp. 13, 24. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ 2011 census J&K
  5. ^ migrator (9 February 2019). "Chenab Valley, Pir Panchal residents demand separate division, threaten agitation". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Tehsil", District Jammu, Jammu And Kashmir, retrieved 3 May 2021 – via National Informatics Centre, Ministry Of Electronics & Information Technology, Government Of India
  7. ^ "A-2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. . Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Gabon 1,576,665
  9. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Hawaii 1,360,301
  10. ^ "Jammu District Population Religion - Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Literacy, Sex Ratio - Census India". www.censusindia.co.in. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  11. ^ C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

External links edit

  • Official website of district administration

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This article is about the district For the division see Jammu division Jammu district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region 1 It is the most populous district in the Jammu division 4 Jammu districtDistrict of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India 1 Bahu Fort Jammu IndiaInteractive map of Jammu districtJammu district is in the Jammu division shown with neon blue boundary of Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir shaded in tan in the disputed Kashmir region 1 Coordinates Jammu 32 44 N 74 52 E 32 73 N 74 87 E 32 73 74 87Administering countryIndiaUnion territoryJammu and KashmirDivisionJammu DivisionHeadquartersJammuTehsilsAkhnoorArniaBahuBhalwalBishnahChowki ChouraDansalJammuJammu NorthJammu SouthJammu WestJourianKharah BalliKhourMaira MandrianMandalMarhNagrotaPargwalRanbir Singh PuraSuchetgarhGovernment District MagistrateAvny Lavasa IAS Lok Sabha constituenciesJammu Lok Sabha constituency Vidhan Sabha constituencies11Area 2 Total2 342 km2 904 sq mi Urban252 13 km2 97 35 sq mi Rural2 089 87 km2 806 90 sq mi Population 2011 3 Total1 529 958 Density650 km2 1 700 sq mi Urban765 013 Rural764 945Demographics Literacy83 45 Sex ratio880Time zoneUTC 05 30 IST Vehicle registrationJK 02Websitehttp jammu nic in Contents 1 D 5 emand for separate division for chenab valley 2 Administrative divisions 3 Demographics 3 1 Languages 4 References 5 External linksD 5 emand for separate division for chenab valley editPeople s of chenab valley Doda Rajouri and pirpanjal have their demand for separate division Chenab valley divsionAdministrative divisions editJammu District has 7 Sub Divisions Jammu South Jammu North R S Pura Marh Akhnoor Chowki Choura KhourThere are 21 tehsils 6 Akhnoor Arnia Bahu Bhalwal Bishnah Chowki Choura Dansal Jammu Jammu North Jammu South Jammu West Jourian Kharah Balli Khour Maira Mandrian Mandal Marh Nagrota Pargwal Ranbir Singh Pura SuchetgarhThere are 20 Blocks Akhnoor Arnia Bhalwal Bhalwal Brahmana Bishnah Chowki Choura Dansal Khour Kharah Balli Maira Mandrian Mandal Marh Mathwar Miran Sahib Nagrota Pargwal R S Pura Samwan Satwari SuchetgarhDemographics editHistorical populationYearPop 1901291 399 1911279 051 4 2 1921285 361 2 3 1931316 647 11 0 1941364 253 15 0 1951401 532 10 2 1961438 810 9 3 1971616 396 40 5 1981792 490 28 6 19911 043 302 31 6 20011 357 077 30 1 20111 529 958 12 7 1951 and 1991 populations are estimatedSource Census of India 7 According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1 526 406 roughly equal to the nation of Gabon 8 or the US state of Hawaii 9 This gives it a ranking of 326th in India out of a total of 640 The district has a population density of 596 inhabitants per square kilometre 1 540 sq mi Its population growth rate over the decade 2001 2011 was 12 48 Jammu has a sex ratio of 871 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 83 98 citation needed The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 24 7 and 4 5 of the population of the district 10 Religion in Jammu district 2011 3 Religion PercentHinduism 84 27 Sikhism 7 47 Islam 7 03 Other or not stated 1 23 Jammu district religion gender ratio and urban of population according to the 2011 Census 3 Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Buddhist Jain Other Not stated TotalTotal 1 289 240 107 489 12 104 114 272 470 1 987 321 4 075 1 529 95884 27 7 03 0 79 7 47 0 03 0 13 0 02 0 27 100 00 Male 685 679 56 927 6 455 61 098 266 1 038 171 2 187 813 821Female 603 561 50 562 5 649 53 174 204 949 150 1 888 716 137Gender ratio female 46 8 47 0 46 7 46 5 43 4 47 8 46 7 46 3 46 8 Sex ratio no of females per 1 000 males 880 888 875 870 914 863 880Urban 621 495 54 157 9 599 75 307 361 1 949 156 1 989 765 013Rural 667 745 53 332 2 505 38 965 109 38 165 2 086 764 945 Urban 48 2 50 4 79 3 65 9 76 8 98 1 48 6 48 8 50 0 Sex Ratio in Jammu District in 2011 Census 3 no females per 1 000 males Religion and population Sex RatioHindu pop 1 289 240 880Sikh pop 114 272 870Muslim pop 107 489 888Christian pop 12 104 875Other pop 2 778 883Not stated pop 4 075 863Total pop 1 529 958 880 Languages edit Languages of Jammu district 2011 11 Dogri 70 85 Punjabi 8 10 Kashmiri 6 00 Hindi 5 88 Gojri 3 86 Others 5 31 The most widely spoken language of Jammu is Dogri Other languages spoken are Punjabi Urdu Hindi Kashmiri Gojri and English References edit a b c 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 Osmanczyk Edmund Jan 2003 Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements G to M Taylor amp 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp K These terms include the words occupied and held District Census Handbook Jammu Part A PDF Census of India 2011 Report 18 June 2014 pp 13 51 116 Retrieved 21 November 2020 District Census Handbook Jammu Part B PDF Census of India 2011 Report 16 June 2014 pp 13 24 Retrieved 21 November 2020 a b c d C 1 Population By Religious Community Jammu amp Kashmir Report Office of the Registrar General amp Census Commissioner India Retrieved 28 July 2020 2011 census J amp K migrator 9 February 2019 Chenab Valley Pir Panchal residents demand separate division threaten agitation Greater Kashmir Retrieved 15 November 2023 Tehsil District Jammu Jammu And Kashmir retrieved 3 May 2021 via National Informatics Centre Ministry Of Electronics amp Information Technology Government Of India A 2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901 Censusindia gov in Retrieved 9 August 2019 US Directorate of Intelligence Country Comparison Population Archived from the original on 13 June 2007 Retrieved 1 October 2011 Gabon 1 576 665 2010 Resident Population Data U S Census Bureau Retrieved 30 September 2011 Hawaii 1 360 301 Jammu District Population Religion Jammu and Kashmir Jammu Literacy Sex Ratio Census India www censusindia co in Retrieved 10 June 2023 C 16 Population By Mother Tongue Jammu amp Kashmir Report Office of the Registrar General amp Census Commissioner India Retrieved 18 July 2020 External links editOfficial website of district administration Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jammu district amp oldid 1185237888, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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