Jammu district

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Jammu district
District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India [1]
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Bahu Fort, Jammu, India
Jammu district
Interactive map of Jammu district
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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′N74°52′E / 32.73°N 74.87°E / 32.73; 74.87
Administering country India
Union territory Jammu and Kashmir
Division Jammu Division
Headquarters Jammu
Government
 •  District Magistrate Sachin Kumar Vaishya(IAS)
 •  Lok Sabha constituencies Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)
 •  Vidhan Sabha constituencies 11
Area
[2]
 • 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
 • Density653.3/km2 (1,692/sq mi)
 •  Urban
765,013
 •  Rural
764,945
Demographics
 •  Literacy 83.45%
 • Sex ratio880
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]

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Administrative divisions

Jammu District has 7 Sub-Divisions:

There are 21 tehsils: [5]

There are 20 Blocks:

Demographics

Religion in Jammu district (2011) [3]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
84.27%
Sikhism
 
7.47%
Islam
 
7.03%
Christianity
 
0.79%
Other or not stated
 
0.44%
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 [6]
Languages of Jammu district (2011) [7]
  1. Dogri (70.8%)
  2. Punjabi (8.10%)
  3. Kashmiri (6.00%)
  4. Hindi (5.88%)
  5. Gojri (3.86%)
  6. Others (5.31%)

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "Tehsil", District Jammu, Jammu And Kashmir, retrieved 3 May 2021– via National Informatics Centre, Ministry Of Electronics & Information Technology, Government Of India
  6. ↑ "A-2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ↑ C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". 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. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Hawaii 1,360,301
  10. 1 2 District Census Handbook 2011: Jammu (PDF). Census of India. 2016.
  11. ↑ "Jammu District Population Religion - Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Literacy, Sex Ratio - Census India". www.censusindia.co.in. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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