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Jammu district


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nameJammu district
settlement_typeDistrict of Jammu and Kashmir administered by IndiaThe 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) {{citationtitleKashmir, region Indian subcontinentpublisher=Encyclopaedia Britannicaurl=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinentaccessdate=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) (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'."
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image_captionBahu Fort, Jammu, India
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map_caption1Jammu 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
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subdivision_name1Jammu and Kashmir
subdivision_type2Division
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area_total_km22,342
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area_rural_km22,089.87
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population_total1,529,958
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population_urban765,013
population_rural764,945
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demographics_type1Demographics
demographics1_title1Literacy
demographics1_info183.45%
demographics1_title2Sex ratio
demographics1_info2880
leader_titleDistrict Magistrate
leader_nameSachin Kumar Vaishya(IAS)
leader_title1Lok Sabha constituencies
leader_name1Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)
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websitehttp://jammu.nic.in/

the district

(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'." | mapframe-zoom = 4 | mapframe-marker = district

Jammu district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.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'." It is the most populous district in the Jammu division.

Administrative divisions

Jammu District has 7 Sub-Divisions:

  • Jammu South
  • Jammu North
  • Pura
  • Marh
  • Akhnoor
  • Chowki Choura
  • Khour

There are 21 tehsils:

  • Akhnoor
  • Arnia
  • Bahu
  • Bhalwal
  • Bishnah
  • Chowki Choura
  • Dansal
  • Jammu
  • Jammu North
  • Jammu South
  • Jammu West
  • Jourian
  • Kharah Balli
  • Khour
  • Maira Mandrian
  • Mandal
  • Marh
  • Nagrota
  • Pargwal
  • Ranbir Singh Pura
  • Suchetgarh There are 20 Blocks:
  • Akhnoor
  • Arnia
  • Bhalwal
  • Bhalwal Brahmana
  • Bishnah
  • Chowki Choura
  • Dansal
  • Khour
  • Kharah Balli
  • Maira Mandrian
  • Mandal
  • Marh
  • Mathwar
  • Miran Sahib
  • Nagrota
  • Pargwal
  • Pura
  • Samwan
  • Satwari
  • Suchetgarh

Demographics

| 1901 | 291399 | 1911 | 279051 | 1921 | 285361 | 1931 | 316647 | 1941 | 364253 | 1951 | 401532 | 1961 | 438810 | 1971 | 616396 | 1981 | 792490 | 1991 | 1043302 | 2001 | 1357077 | 2011 | 1529958 According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 326th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 596 PD/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%. 50.00% of the population lives in urban areas. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 24.71% and 4.52% of the population of the district.

Jammu district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.HinduMuslimChristianSikhBuddhistJainOtherNot statedTotal
Total1,289,240107,48912,104114,2724701,9873214,0751,529,958
84.27%7.03%0.79%7.47%0.03%0.13%0.02%0.27%100.00%
Male685,67956,9276,45561,0982661,0381712,187813,821
Female603,56150,5625,64953,1742049491501,888716,137
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)880888875870914863880
Urban621,49554,1579,59975,3073611,9491561,989765,013
Rural667,74553,3322,50538,965109381652,086764,945
% Urban48.2%50.4%79.3%65.9%76.8%98.1%48.6%48.8%50.0%

(no. females per 1,000 males)

Languages

The most widely spoken language of Jammu is Dogri. Other languages spoken are Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Gojri and English. Hindi is widely spoken as a second language. Punjabi is mainly spoken by the Sikhs and some descendants of Partition refugees from West Punjab, while Kashmiri is mainly spoken by the refugee Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu city.

References

References

  1. (18 June 2014). "District Census Handbook Jammu, Part A". Census of India 2011.
  2. [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_J&K.html 2011 census J&K]
  3. "Tehsil". District Jammu, Jammu And Kashmir.
  4. "A-2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901". Censusindia.gov.in.
  5. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  6. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population".
  7. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau.
  8. (2016). "District Census Handbook 2011: Jammu". [[Census of India]].
  9. "Jammu District Population Religion - Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Literacy, Sex Ratio - Census India".
  10. "C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
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