Srinagar District | |
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Coordinates(Srinagar): 34°05′N74°50′E / 34.083°N 74.833°E | |
Administering country | India |
Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
Headquarters | Srinagar |
Tehsils |
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Government | |
• District Magistrate | Mohammad Aijaz (IAS) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,979 km2 (764 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 1,250,173 |
• Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English [3] [4] |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Literacy | 69.41% |
Website | http://srinagar.nic.in/ |
The Srinagar District is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is one of the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Situated in the centre of the Kashmir Valley, it is the second-most populous district of the union territory after Jammu District as per the 2011 national census, [5] and is home to the summer capital city of Srinagar (with the city of Jammu serving as the territory's winter capital). [6] Likewise, the city of Srinagar also serves as the Srinagar District's headquarters.
Srinagar district has 2 Sub-Divisions i.e. Srinagar West and Srinagar East.
7 Tehsils are:
This district has 4 Blocks [7]
These blocks consist of a number of panchayats and villages.
Srinagar District has 1 parliamentary constituency i.e. Srinagar and 8 assembly constituencies:
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1901 | 184,676 | — |
1911 | 204,583 | +10.8% |
1921 | 223,223 | +9.1% |
1931 | 255,778 | +14.6% |
1941 | 291,522 | +14.0% |
1951 | 333,554 | +14.4% |
1961 | 375,587 | +12.6% |
1971 | 489,042 | +30.2% |
1981 | 608,244 | +24.4% |
1991 | 789,450 | +29.8% |
2001 | 1,027,670 | +30.2% |
2011 | 1,236,829 | +20.4% |
† 1951 and 1991 populations are estimated Source: [9] |
According to the 2011 census Srinagar district has a population of 1,236,829, [5] roughly equal to the nation of Estonia [12] or the US state of New Hampshire. [13] This gives it a ranking of 381st in India (out of a total of 640). [5] The district has a population density of 703 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,820/sq mi). [5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.35%. [5] Srinagar has a sex ratio of 900 females for every 1,000 males [5] (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 69.41%. [5]
Srinagar district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census. [10] | |||||||||
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Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Sikh | Buddhist | Jain | Other | Not stated | Total | |
Total | 42,540 | 1,177,342 | 2,746 | 12,187 | 285 | 74 | 2 | 1,653 | 1,236,829 |
3.44% | 95.19% | 0.22% | 0.99% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.13% | 100.00% | |
Male | 35,925 | 605,244 | 1,771 | 6,975 | 171 | 39 | 1 | 998 | 651,124 |
Female | 6,615 | 572,098 | 975 | 5,212 | 114 | 35 | 1 | 655 | 585,705 |
Gender ratio (% female) | 15.6% | 48.6% | 35.5% | 42.8% | 40.0% | 47.3% | 50.0% | 39.6% | 47.4% |
Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males) | 184 | 945 | 551 | 747 | – | – | – | 656 | 900 |
Urban | 42,513 | 1,160,071 | 2,743 | 12,185 | 285 | 74 | 2 | 1,643 | 1,219,516 |
Rural | 27 | 17,271 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17,313 |
% Urban | 99.9% | 98.5% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.4% | 98.6% |
At the time of the 2011 census, 94.13% of the population spoke Kashmiri and 1.88% Urdu as their first language. [11] Most kashmiris can speak urdu. [6]
Climate data for Srinagar (1971–1986) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 8.2 (46.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.6 (85.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 8.2 (46.8) | 19.7 (67.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | −2 (28.4) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 5.8 (42.4) | 0.9 (33.6) | −1.5 (29.3) | 7.3 (45.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48 (1.9) | 68 (2.7) | 121 (4.8) | 85 (3.3) | 68 (2.7) | 39 (1.5) | 62 (2.4) | 76 (3.0) | 28 (1.1) | 33 (1.3) | 28 (1.1) | 54 (2.1) | 710 (27.9) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 7.3 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 75.6 |
Source: HKO [14] |
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