District of Jammu and Kashmir

Pulwama: 5.6 lakh people, one story

People
5,60,440
Area
1,086 km²
Literacy
63.48%
Sex ratio
912
Big number5.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 516 to every km².See the numbers →

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PulwamaJammu and Kashmir

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

Pulwama in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population5.6 lakh#9/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Area1,086 km²#15/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Population density516 per km²#8/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 290
Sex ratio912 females per 1000 males#6/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 892
Child sex ratio (0–6)829 girls per 1000 boys#18/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 860
Literacy rate63.48%#11/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 67.00
Female literacy51.80%#10/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 56.36
Urban population14.4%#11/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 27.5

People & society

63.5% can read. 912 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
74.476.5
Female literacy
51.856.4
Scheduled Castes
0.17.5
Scheduled Tribes
4.010.4
Living in towns
14.427.5

Gender literacy gap: 22.6 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 2.5%
  • Muslim 95.5%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 1.7%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    44 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    1.9 lakh workers, 33.6% of all people

    This district
    Jammu and Kashmir
    • Cultivators 26.4%
    • Farm labourers 18.1%
    • Household industry 5.6%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 49.9%

      Schemes & development

      Only 44% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      43.548.1
      Latrine at home
      31.828.4
      Tap water
      33.536.3
      LPG / PNG
      9.917.7
      Phone
      38.539.3
      Television
      27.228.8
      Bicycle
      3.25.9
      Two-wheeler
      2.77.4

      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.