Jammu District is a district in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

. Jammu

Jammu (city)

Jammu is the largest city in the Jammu region and the winter capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is a municipal corporation.It is close to Sialkot in Pakistan...

 is the winter capital of the state. The majority of the population of the district practise Hinduism; people of all religions, Muslims, Sikhs live in peace and harmony. Jammu is also known as city of temples with major attraction as Maa Vaishno Devi which is located around 50 km from Jammu City. There are other temples with historical importance which add to the rich heritage of Jammu.

As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Jammu and Kashmir (out of 22).

Administration

Jammu district comprises 4 tehsil

Tehsil

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• Akhnoor Tehsil
• Bishnah Tehsil
• Ranbirsinghpora
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This district consists of 8 blocks: Akhnoor

Akhnoor

Akhnoor is a town in Jammu district in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, India.Located from Jammu, Akhnoor is located in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is an extremely beautiful town...

, Bhalwal, Bishnah, Khour, Marh, Ranbirsinghpora, Satwari and Dansal. Each block consists of a number of panchayats.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census

2011 census of India

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 Jammu district has a population

Demographics of India

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 of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon

Gabon

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 or the US state of Hawaii

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. This gives it a ranking of 326th in India (out of a total of 640

Districts of India

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). The district has a population density of 596 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate

Family planning in India

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 over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.48 %. Jammu has a sex ratio

Sex ratio

Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....

 of 871 females

Women in India

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 for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate

Literacy in India

Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...

 of 83.98 %.

Languages

The most widely spoken language of Jammu is Dogri. Other languages spoken are Hindi,kashmiri,Punjabi,English and Urdu.

Food

Wheat is the main staple food with significant proportion of people associated with rice.Jammu is nationally and internationally famous for its Rajma Chawal which is Red Kidney Beans and Rice.

Politics

Jammu District has 11 assembly constituencies: Nagrota, Gandhinagar, Jammu East, Jammu West, Bishnah, R.S.Pura (S.C.), Suchetgarh, Marh, Raipur Domana (S.C.), Akhnoor and Chhamb (S.C.).

Weather and Tourism

Jammu's altitude ranges from 300 meters to 4200 meters. Due to extreme whether in summers and winters it is also known as the City of Rocks.
Jammu has lots of Major tourist attractions, including, Patnitop, Mansar Lake, Jhajar Kotli, Baag-E-Bahu (Bahu Fort), Peer Kho, Jammu Tawi and many more.

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