District of Jammu and Kashmir

Badgam: 7.5 lakh people, one story

People
7,53,745
Area
1,361 km²
Literacy
56.08%
Sex ratio
894
Top 3 in Jammu and KashmirHousehold industry workers: 13.5 % of workers. Rank 2 of 20 districts.See the numbers →Lowest in Jammu and KashmirLiteracy rate: 56.08%. Rank 19 of 20.See the numbers →Lowest in Jammu and KashmirScheduled Tribes: 3.2 % of people. Rank 19 of 20.See the numbers →Big number7.5 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 554 to every km².See the numbers →

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BadgamJammu and Kashmir

The history, places and schemes of Badgam are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Badgam in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population7.5 lakh#6/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Area1,361 km²#13/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Population density554 per km²#7/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 290
Sex ratio894 females per 1000 males#9/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 892
Child sex ratio (0–6)832 girls per 1000 boys#16/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 860
Literacy rate56.08%#19/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 67.00
Female literacy44.85%#17/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 56.36
Urban population13.0%#12/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 27.5

People & society

56.1% can read. 894 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
66.376.5
Female literacy
44.856.4
Scheduled Castes
0.07.5
Scheduled Tribes
3.210.4
Living in towns
13.027.5

Gender literacy gap: 21.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 1.3%
  • Muslim 97.7%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 0.7%

    Sectors at a glance

    43 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.1 lakh workers, 28.5% of all people

    This district
    Jammu and Kashmir
    • Cultivators 25.7%
    • Farm labourers 17.0%
    • Household industry 13.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 43.7%

      Schemes & development

      Only 48% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      48.048.1
      Latrine at home
      44.528.4
      Tap water
      39.036.3
      LPG / PNG
      8.017.7
      Phone
      38.439.3
      Television
      28.828.8
      Bicycle
      5.35.9
      Two-wheeler
      3.17.4

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.