# Jammu and Kashmir – Districts List, Cities, Population & Literacy (Census 2011) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ Union territory · India # Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory of India with its capital at Jammu and Srinagar. At the 2011 Census it was home to **12,267,013 people** — 1.0% of India and 20th of 36 states and union territories — in 20 districts, 120 towns and 6,314 villages. 27% lived in towns, and literacy was 67.0% (below the national 73.0%). - 12,267,013people (2011) - 20districts (2011) - 120towns - 67.0%literacy Figures exclude Leh and Kargil, which became the union territory of Ladakh in 2019. ## Who lives in Jammu and Kashmir? Jammu and Kashmir had **12,267,013 people** at the 2011 Census — 1.0% of India's population and 20th of 36 states and union territories by population. There were 892 women for every 1,000 men (below the India figure of 943; 29th of 36 states and union territories). Among children under 7 the ratio was 860 girls per 1,000 boys (the India figure is 918). An average household had 5.9 people, against 4.9 across India. ## How literate is Jammu and Kashmir? 67.0% of people aged 7 and over could read and write in 2011 (below India's 73.0%), 31st of 36 states and union territories. Men were at 76.5% and women at 56.4% — a gap of 20.2 points (it is 16.2 points across India). Among its districts, literacy is highest in [Jammu](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/) (83.5%) and lowest in [Ramban](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ramban/) (54.3%). Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What do people in Jammu and Kashmir do for a living? 34.2% of people worked in 2011 (women: 18.9%). Of all workers, 13% farmed their own land, 4% were farm labourers, 2% worked in household industry and 42% in other work such as services, trade and factories; 39% were marginal workers with less than six months' work. Farming employs 17% of workers here, against 38% across India. The most farm-dependent of its districts is [Shupiyan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/shupiyan/) (38% of workers in farming) and the least is [Srinagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/srinagar/) (3% of workers in farming). ********** **■** Cultivators 13 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 42 (42%) · **■** Marginal 39 (39%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Cities and towns of Jammu and Kashmir 27.5% of people lived in towns and cities (below India's 31.1%), 23rd of 36 states and union territories. The Census counted 120 towns: 86 statutory towns with a municipality and 34 census towns — places urban in character but still governed as villages. 3 cities have 1 lakh (100,000) people or more, and 1 passed 10 lakh: [Srinagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/srinagar/srinagar/srinagar/). The largest is [Srinagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/srinagar/srinagar/srinagar/) with 1,186,867 people, home to 35% of the urban population. Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Villages of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir had 6,314 census villages, 6,101 of them inhabited. The average inhabited village had 1,458 people; 233 villages had 5,000 people or more. The largest: [Kalarooch](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/kupwara/kalarooch/) (37,233), [Hayihama](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/kupwara/hayihama/) (24,083), [Marhama](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/bijbehara/marhama/) (15,964), [Forest Block](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ganderbal/kangan/forest-block/) (14,975) and [Panzgam](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/kupwara/panzgam/) (14,453). Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Where is Jammu and Kashmir, and what is it like? The capital is [Srinagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/srinagar/srinagar/srinagar/) and [Jammu](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/jammu/jammu/). It covers 42,241 km², so in 2011 there were about 290 people per km². It borders [Himachal Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/), [Ladakh](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/) and [Punjab](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/). Official languages: Dogri, English, Hindi, Kashmiri and Urdu. Source: [Wikidata (CC0) — capital, area, languages, neighbours; retrieved 2026-10-29](https://www.wikidata.org/). ### Weather and best time to visit At Jammu, the hottest month is Jun (average 34 °C), the coldest Jan (12 °C), and the wettest Jul (247 mm of rain). The most comfortable months are **October to February and April**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Kashmir (today's Jammu and Kashmir) in history The 11th edition of the *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (1911) described Kashmir (today's Jammu and Kashmir) as follows. Its wording reflects its time; spellings are as printed. > KASHMIR, or Cashmere, a native state of India, including much of the Himalayan mountain system to the north of the Punjab. It has been fabled in song for its beauty (e.g. in Moore’s Lalla Rookh), and is the chief health resort for Europeans in India, while politically it is important as guarding one of the approaches to India on the north-west frontier. The proper name of the state is Jammu and Kashmir, and it comprises in all an estimated area of 80,900 sq. m., with a population (1901) of 2,905,578, showing an increase of 14.21% in the decade. It is bounded on the north by some petty hills chiefships and by the Karakoram mountains; on the east by Tibet; and on the south and west by the Punjab and North-West Frontier provinces. The state is in direct political subordination to the Government of India, which is represented by a resident. Its territories comprise the provinces of Jammu (including the jagir of Punch), Kashmir, Ladakh, Baltistan and Gilgit; the Shin states of Yaghistan, of which the most important are Chilas, Darel and Tangir, are nominally subordinate to it, and the two former pay a tribute of gold dust. The following are the statistics for the main divisions of the state:— Area in sq. m. Jammu 5,223 1,521,307 Kashmir 7,922 1,157,394 Frontier Districts 443 226,877 The remainder of the state consists of uninhabited mountains, and its only really important possessions are the districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Physical Conformation.—The greater portion of the country is mountainous, and with the exception of a strip of plain on the south-west, which is continuous with the great level of the Punjab, may be conveniently divided into the following regions: (1) The outer hills and the central mountains of Jammu district. (2) The valley of Kashmir. (3) The far side of the great central range, including Ladakh, Baltistan and Gilgit. Source: [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1911) — public domain; transcription via Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica). Boundaries in 1901 may differ from today's; sentences describing castes or communities are omitted. ## Population of Jammu and Kashmir compared with India ■ Jammu and Kashmir · ■ India Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%** **73.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892** **943 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860** **918 Working population ****34.2%** **39.8% Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Districts of Jammu and Kashmir District People Sub-districts Towns Literacy [Jammu](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/) 1,529,958 4 20 83.5% [Srinagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/srinagar/) 1,236,829 2 5 69.4% [Anantnag](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/) 1,078,692 6 12 62.7% [Baramula](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/) 1,008,039 8 7 64.6% [Kupwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/) 870,354 3 10 64.5% [Badgam](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/badgam/) 753,745 6 10 56.1% [Rajouri](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/rajouri/) 642,415 7 4 68.2% [Kathua](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kathua/) 616,435 5 6 73.1% [Pulwama](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/pulwama/) 560,440 4 5 63.5% [Udhampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/udhampur/) 554,985 4 6 68.5% [Punch](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/punch/) 476,835 4 3 66.7% [Kulgam](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kulgam/) 424,483 3 8 59.2% [Doda](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/doda/) 409,936 4 2 64.7% [Bandipore](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/) 392,232 3 3 56.3% [Samba](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/samba/) 318,898 1 6 81.4% [Reasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/reasi/) 314,667 2 5 58.2% [Ganderbal](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ganderbal/) 297,446 3 3 58.0% [Ramban](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ramban/) 283,713 2 3 54.3% [Shupiyan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/shupiyan/) 266,215 1 1 60.8% [Kishtwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kishtwar/) 230,696 4 1 56.2% Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Boundaries and names as at the 2011 Census; districts created since then are not shown separately. ## Largest cities and towns in Jammu and Kashmir - Srinagar · 1,186,867 - Jammu · 576,198 - Anantnag · 150,198 - Udhampur · 84,015 - Baramula · 71,434 - Sopore · 71,292 - Kathua · 59,866 - Bandipore · 37,081 - Rajauri · 29,486 - Jammu Cantt. · 28,396 - Ganderbal · 28,233 - Punch · 26,854 - Kulgam · 23,584 - Duru Verinag · 22,968 - Bijbehara · 22,789 - Badami Bagh · 22,214 - Kupwara · 21,771 - Pampora · 21,680 - Doda · 21,605 - Akhnoor · 20,756 ## Quick answers - What is the capital of Jammu and Kashmir?Jammu and Srinagar - What is the area of Jammu and Kashmir?42,241 km² - Which states border Jammu and Kashmir?Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Punjab - What language is spoken in Jammu and Kashmir?Dogri, English, Hindi, Kashmiri and Urdu (official) - When is the best time to visit Jammu and Kashmir?October to February and April - What is the literacy rate of Jammu and Kashmir?67.0% (Census 2011) - What is the sex ratio of Jammu and Kashmir?892 women per 1,000 men (Census 2011) - How many districts are in Jammu and Kashmir?20 (Census 2011) - What is the population of Jammu and Kashmir?12,267,013 (Census 2011) - Which is the most populous district of Jammu and Kashmir?Jammu - Which is the largest city in Jammu and Kashmir?Srinagar