Bandipore district explained

Bandipore
Other Name:Bandipora, Bandipur
Native Name:Bandpur
Settlement Type:District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India
Image Map1:Kashmir region. LOC 2003626427 - showing Kashmir division administered by India in neon blue.jpg
Map Caption1:Bandipore district is in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region It is in the Kashmir division (bordered in neon blue).
Coordinates:34.42°N 74.65°W
Subdivision Type:Administering country
Subdivision Name:India
Coor Pinpoint:Bandipore
Subdivision Type1:Union Territory
Subdivision Name1:Jammu and Kashmir
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Kashmir Division
Established Date:2007
Established Date1:2007
Seat:Bandipore
Leader Party:NA
Leader Title:MLA
Leader Name:Vacant
Area Total Km2:345
Area Urban Km2:49.6
Area Rural Km2:295.4
Population Total:392232
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Bandiporia, Bandipuriya, Bandiporiyan, Bandporuek
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[2] [3]
Timezone1:Indian Standard Time
Postal Code:193502
Total Type:Total
Official Name:Bandipora
Leader Title1:District Development Council
Leader Name1:Chairman: Abdul Gani Bhat, V.C: Kaunser Shafeeq
Blank Name Sec1:Deputy commissioner
Blank Info Sec1:Shakeel Ul Rehman Rather
Blank Name Sec2:Superintendent of Police
Blank Info Sec2:Lakshya Sharma, IPS

Bandipore district (also spelt as Bandipora or Bandipur) is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.[4] It is one of the 20 districts in the Jammu and Kashmir. Bandipore town is the administrative headquarters of the district. Bandipore is located in the foothills of the snow-clad peaks of Harmukh overlooking the shores of Wular Lake and has produced hundreds of scholars and intellectuals. The district is known for its tourist places such as Wular Vintage Park, Athwatoo and Gurez valley. Before 1947, this town was a big trade and literary centre of Kashmir. This district was carved out from the erstwhile Baramulla district in 2007. The district is bounded by Kupwara district from the north, Baramulla district from west and Kargil district in Ladakh and Ganderbal district from the east. This district occupies an area of 398 km2.[5] The district has a population of 392,232 as per 2011 census.

Education

Some of the institutions and colleges of Bandipur which provide quality education to the students of district Bandipore.

Divisions

The district comprises seven tehsils: Ajas, Aloosa, Bandipore, Sumbal, Hajin, Gurez and Tulail. The district has three Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Gurez, Bandipore and Sonawari. All of these are part of Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency.The district comprises twelve community development blocks: Aloosa, Arin, Baktoor, Bandipore, Bonkoot, Ganastan, Gurez, Hajin, Naidkhai, Nowgam, Sumbal and Tulail.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Bandipore district has a population of 392,232,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Maldives.[7] This gives it a ranking of 561st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 1117PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 26.31%. Bandipore has a sex ratio of 899 females for every 1000 males (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 57.82%.

Bandipore district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.[8]
HinduMuslimChristianSikhBuddhistJainOtherNot statedTotal
Total8,439 382,006 572 555 44 17 2 597 392,232
2.15% 97.39% 0.15% 0.14% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0.15% 100.00%
Male8,061 198,322 380 520 40 8 0 349 207,680
Female378 183,684 192 35 4 9 2 248 184,552
Gender ratio (% female)4.5% 48.1% 33.6% 6.3% 9.1% 52.9% 100.0% 41.5% 47.1%
Sex ratio
(no. of females per 1,000 males)		47 926 505 67 – – – 711 889
Urban2,549 62,557 91 50 18 2 2 92 65,361
Rural5,890 319,449 481 505 26 15 0 505 326,871
% Urban30.2% 16.4% 15.9% 9.0% 40.9% 11.8% 100.0% 15.4% 16.7%
At the time of the 2011 census, 82.39% of the population spoke Kashmiri, 8,82% Gojri, 4.18% Shina, 1.91% Pahari and 1.27% Hindi as their first language.[9]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . www.censusindia.gov.in . 9 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130919012524/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/hlo/pca/pca_pdf/PCA-CRC-0100.pdf . 19 September 2013 . dead.
  2. Web site: The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 . The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020 . 27 September 2020.
  3. News: Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 . Rising Kashmir . 23 September 2020 . 23 September 2020 . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 . dead .
  4. 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) (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) (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) 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) 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) 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) (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) 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) 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) Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'."
  5. Book: Srivastava . Dayawanti . etal . India 2010, A Reference Annual . 2010 . Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of Indiaand . New Delhi . 978-81-230-1617-7 . 1142 . 21 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101229223802/http://publicationsdivision.nic.in/others/India_2010.pdf . 29 December 2010 . dead.
  6. Web site: District Census 2011 . 2011-09-30 . 2011 . Census2011.co.in.
  7. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . dead . 13 June 2007 . 2011-10-01 . Maldives 394,999 July 2011 est..
  8. C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir . Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India . 28 July 2020.
  9. C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir . Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India . 18 July 2020.

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