Jammu district | |
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Coordinates(Jammu): 32°44′N74°52′E / 32.73°N 74.87°E | |
Administering country | India |
Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
Division | Jammu Division |
Headquarters | Jammu |
Tehsils |
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Government | |
• District Magistrate | sachin Kumar Vaishya(IAS) |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency) |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 11 |
Area | |
• Total | 2,342 km2 (904 sq mi) |
• Urban | 252.13 km2 (97.35 sq mi) |
• Rural | 2,089.87 km2 (806.90 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [3] | |
• Total | 1,529,958 |
• Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
• Urban | 765,013 |
• Rural | 764,945 |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 83.45% |
• Sex ratio | 880 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | JK-02 |
Website | http://jammu.nic.in/ |
Jammudistrict 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 has 7 Sub-Divisions:
There are 21 tehsils: [5]
There are 20 Blocks:
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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 [6] |
According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon [7] or the US state of Hawaii. [8] 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. [9]
Jammu district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census. [3] | |||||||||
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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% |
The most widely spoken language of Jammu is Dogri. Other languages spoken are Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Gojri and English.
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