Khan Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir

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Khan Sahib
Khan Sahib (India)
Coordinates: 33°57′23″N74°39′55″E / 33.956341°N 74.665253°E / 33.956341; 74.665253
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir
District Budgam
Population
 (2011)
  Total
13,698
  Rank8th
  Density32/km2 (80/sq mi)
Languages
  Official Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English [1] [2]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration JK04

Khan Sahib is a town sub-district and a notified area committee in Budgam district in the central Kashmir, union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. [3] [4] In 2008, Government Degree College, Khansahib was established in the town to cater to the needs of rural population. [5] [6]

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Demographics

Khan Sahib Tehsil had a population of 123,312 as of 2011 India census. [7] Female Sex Ratio is of 920 against state average of 889. With 26% of the population being under 6 years of age, the child Sex Ratio in Khansahib is around 882 compared to Jammu and Kashmir state average of 920.

Demographics (Census 2011 [8] )
TotalMaleFemale
Population123,31264,22759,085
Literacy50.8%%45.2%29.3%
Children of age 0-632,07017,03715,033
Schedule Caste 220
Schedule Tribe 11,2325,7335,499
Main Workers16,03014,1351,895
Marginal Workers12,4538,3344,129
Non Working94,81941,75853,061

Municipal committee

Municipal Committee Khansahib is a local body which administrates the town of Khansahib in Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It has 7 elected members. Its last elections took place on 8 October 2018.

Keys:  Independent (7)

#NameMunicipal WardReservation StatusParty
1Parveen AkhterShah MohallaWomen OpenIndependent
2Bashir Ahmed NazarMalporaOpenIndependent
3Tanvir GulSyed Soliyah ColonyOpenIndependent
4AteeqaAstan MohallaWomen OpenIndependent
5Mohd. Iqbal ShahMukdam MohallaOpenIndependent
6Fayad Ahmed ShahIqbal ColonyOpenIndependent
7Irfan Ah. KhanUmer ColonyOpenIndependent

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