District of Jammu and Kashmir

Baramula: 10.1 lakh people, one story

People
10,08,039
Area
4,243 km²
Literacy
64.63%
Sex ratio
885
Top 3 in Jammu and KashmirArea: 4,243 km². Rank 2 of 20 districts.See the numbers →Big number10.1 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 238 to every km².See the numbers →

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BaramulaJammu and Kashmir

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

Baramula in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population10.1 lakh#4/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Area4,243 km²#2/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Population density238 per km²#15/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 290
Sex ratio885 females per 1000 males#15/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 892
Child sex ratio (0–6)863 girls per 1000 boys#13/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 860
Literacy rate64.63%#9/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 67.00
Female literacy52.38%#8/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 56.36
Urban population18.1%#6/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 27.5

People & society

64.6% can read. 885 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
75.576.5
Female literacy
52.456.4
Scheduled Castes
0.17.5
Scheduled Tribes
3.710.4
Living in towns
18.127.5

Gender literacy gap: 23.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 3.0%
  • Muslim 95.2%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Sikh 1.5%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    39 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    3 lakh workers, 30.2% of all people

    This district
    Jammu and Kashmir
    • Cultivators 18.9%
    • Farm labourers 20.5%
    • Household industry 5.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 55.7%

      Schemes & development

      Only 53% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      53.348.1
      Latrine at home
      43.728.4
      Tap water
      43.936.3
      LPG / PNG
      12.717.7
      Phone
      41.339.3
      Television
      29.028.8
      Bicycle
      5.15.9
      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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