Jammu district explained

Jammu district
Settlement Type:District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India[1]
Total Type:Total
Image Map1:Kashmir region. LOC 2003626427 - showing Jammu division administered by India in neon blue.jpg
Map Caption1: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
Coor Pinpoint:Jammu
Subdivision Type:Administering country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:Union territory
Subdivision Name1:Jammu and Kashmir
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Jammu Division
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Jammu
Parts Type:Tehsils
Parts Style:para
Area Total Km2:2,342
Area Urban Km2:252.13
Area Rural Km2:2,089.87
Area Footnotes:[2]
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:1,529,958
Population Urban:765,013
Population Rural:764,945
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Demographics
Demographics1 Title1:Literacy
Demographics1 Info1:83.45%
Demographics1 Title2:Sex ratio
Demographics1 Info2:880
Leader Title:District Magistrate
Leader Name:Avny Lavasa (IAS)
Leader Title1:Lok Sabha constituencies
Leader Name1:Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)
Leader Title2:Vidhan Sabha constituencies
Leader Name2:11
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+05:30
Registration Plate:JK-02
Website:http://jammu.nic.in/

Jammu district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.[3] It is the most populous district in the Jammu division.[4]

Administrative divisions

Jammu District has 7 Sub-Divisions:

There are 21 tehsils:

There are 20 Blocks:

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon[5] or the US state of Hawaii.[6] This gives it a ranking of 326th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 596PD/sqkm . 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%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 24.7% and 4.5% of the population of the district.[7]

Jammu district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.[8]
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%

Languages

The most widely spoken language of Jammu is Dogri. Other languages spoken are Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Gojri and English.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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'."
  2. District Census Handbook Jammu, Part A . 13, 51, 116 . Census of India 2011 . 18 June 2014 . 21 November 2020.
    District Census Handbook Jammu, Part B . 13, 24 . Census of India 2011 . 16 June 2014 . 21 November 2020.
  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) (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'."
  4. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_J&K.html 2011 census J&K
  5. 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 . Gabon 1,576,665.
  6. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data. U. S. Census Bureau. 2011-09-30. Hawaii 1,360,301.
  7. Web site: Jammu District Population Religion - Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Literacy, Sex Ratio - Census India . 2023-06-10 . www.censusindia.co.in . en-US.
  8. C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir . Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India . 28 July 2020.

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