District of Jammu and Kashmir

Kupwara: 8.7 lakh people, one story

People
8,70,354
Area
2,379 km²
Literacy
64.51%
Sex ratio
835
Lowest in Jammu and KashmirSex ratio: 835 females per 1000 males. Rank 20 of 20.See the numbers →Big number8.7 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 366 to every km².See the numbers →

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KupwaraJammu and Kashmir

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

Kupwara in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population8.7 lakh#5/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Area2,379 km²#7/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Population density366 per km²#9/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 290
Sex ratio835 females per 1000 males#20/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 892
Child sex ratio (0–6)879 girls per 1000 boys#9/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 860
Literacy rate64.51%#10/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 67.00
Female literacy50.95%#11/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 56.36
Urban population12.0%#13/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 27.5

People & society

64.5% can read. 835 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
75.776.5
Female literacy
50.956.4
Scheduled Castes
0.17.5
Scheduled Tribes
8.110.4
Living in towns
12.027.5

Gender literacy gap: 24.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 4.3%
  • Muslim 94.6%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 0.6%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    40 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.3 lakh workers, 26.3% of all people

    This district
    Jammu and Kashmir
    • Cultivators 15.1%
    • Farm labourers 24.8%
    • Household industry 3.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 56.6%

      Schemes & development

      Only 46% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      45.748.1
      Latrine at home
      29.928.4
      Tap water
      27.736.3
      LPG / PNG
      8.717.7
      Phone
      31.139.3
      Television
      14.828.8
      Bicycle
      1.75.9
      Two-wheeler
      1.07.4

      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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