Badgam is a town and a notified area committee in Badgam district

Badgam district

Badgam is a district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. Its headquarters is Badgam.-Demographics:According to the 2011 census Badgam district has a population of 735,753, roughly equal to the nation of Guyana or the US state of Alaska. This gives it a ranking of 494th in India . The...

  in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, India

India

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Geography

Badgam is located at 34.63°N 76.04°E. It has an average elevation of 3194 metres (10478 feet).

Tehsils of Budgam

• Beerwah
  Beerwah
  Beerwah may refer to:*Beerwah, Queensland - a small town on the hinterland Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, at the side of the Glass House Mountains National Park*Mount Beerwah - the tallest of the Glass House Mountains...
  
  
• Budgam
• Chadoora
• Khansahib
• Charari Sharief
  Charari Sharief
  Charari Sharief is a town and a notified area committee in Badgam district in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, India.-Geography:...
  
  
• Khag

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Badgam had a population of 15,932. Males constitute 69% of the population and females 31%. Badgam has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 81% of the males and 19% of females literate. 6% of the population is under 6 years of age.