District of Jammu and Kashmir

Punch: 4.8 lakh people, one story

People
4,76,835
Area
1,674 km²
Literacy
66.74%
Sex ratio
893
#1 in Jammu and KashmirScheduled Tribes: 36.9 % of people. Rank 1 of 20 districts.See the numbers →Big number4.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 285 to every km².See the numbers →

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PunchJammu and Kashmir

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Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population4.8 lakh#11/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Area1,674 km²#11/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Population density285 per km²#12/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 290
Sex ratio893 females per 1000 males#10/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 892
Child sex ratio (0–6)893 girls per 1000 boys#5/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 860
Literacy rate66.74%#7/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 67.00
Female literacy53.19%#7/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 56.36
Urban population8.1%#16/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 27.5

People & society

66.7% can read. 893 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
78.876.5
Female literacy
53.256.4
Scheduled Castes
0.17.5
Scheduled Tribes
36.910.4
Living in towns
8.127.5

Gender literacy gap: 25.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 6.8%
  • Muslim 90.4%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 2.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    53 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    1.6 lakh workers, 33.8% of all people

    This district
    Jammu and Kashmir
    • Cultivators 33.6%
    • Farm labourers 19.6%
    • Household industry 2.4%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 44.4%

      Schemes & development

      Only 43% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      42.748.1
      Latrine at home
      11.328.4
      Tap water
      29.636.3
      LPG / PNG
      8.917.7
      Phone
      24.739.3
      Television
      10.928.8
      Bicycle
      0.65.9
      Two-wheeler
      1.67.4

      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.