District of Jammu and Kashmir

Udhampur: 5.5 lakh people, one story

People
5,54,985
Area
2,637 km²
Literacy
68.49%
Sex ratio
870
Top 3 in Jammu and KashmirScheduled Castes: 25.0 % of people. Rank 2 of 20 districts.See the numbers →Lowest in Jammu and KashmirHousehold industry workers: 1.1 % of workers. Rank 19 of 20.See the numbers →Big number5.5 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 210 to every km².See the numbers →

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UdhampurJammu and Kashmir

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

Udhampur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population5.5 lakh#10/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Area2,637 km²#4/20 in Jammu and Kashmir
Population density210 per km²#17/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 290
Sex ratio870 females per 1000 males#18/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 892
Child sex ratio (0–6)886 girls per 1000 boys#7/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 860
Literacy rate68.49%#5/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 67.00
Female literacy57.10%#5/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▲ state 56.36
Urban population19.5%#4/20 in Jammu and Kashmir▼ state 27.5

People & society

68.5% can read. 870 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
78.476.5
Female literacy
57.156.4
Scheduled Castes
25.07.5
Scheduled Tribes
10.110.4
Living in towns
19.527.5

Gender literacy gap: 21.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 88.1%
  • Muslim 10.8%
  • Christian 0.4%
  • Sikh 0.6%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    51 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.4 lakh workers, 43.9% of all people

    This district
    Jammu and Kashmir
    • Cultivators 46.4%
    • Farm labourers 4.7%
    • Household industry 1.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 47.9%

      Schemes & development

      Only 40% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      40.448.1
      Latrine at home
      9.928.4
      Tap water
      26.136.3
      LPG / PNG
      10.917.7
      Phone
      35.439.3
      Television
      20.428.8
      Bicycle
      2.25.9
      Two-wheeler
      4.97.4

      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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