Srinagar district
District of Jammu and Kashmir, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Srinagar District is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.[1] It is one of the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Situated in the centre of the Kashmir Valley, it is the second-most populous district of the union territory after Jammu District as per the 2011 national census,[5] and is home to the summer capital city of Srinagar (with the city of Jammu serving as the territory's winter capital).[6] Likewise, the city of Srinagar also serves as the Srinagar District's headquarters.
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 Srinagar district is in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region[1] It is in the Kashmir division (bordered in neon blue). | |
| Coordinates (Srinagar): 34°05′N 74°50′E | |
| Administering country | India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Headquarters | Srinagar |
| Tehsils |
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| Government | |
| • District Magistrate | Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat(IAS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,979 km2 (764 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,250,173 |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[3][4] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Literacy | 69.41% |
| Website | http://srinagar.nic.in/ |
Administration
Srinagar district has 2 Sub-Divisions i.e. Srinagar West and Srinagar East.
7 Tehsils are:
- Central Shalteng
- Chanapora/ Natipora
- Eidgah
- Khanyar
- Pantha chowk
- Srinagar North
- Srinagar South.
- Harwan
- Qammerwari
- Khonmoh
- Srinagar
These blocks consist of a number of panchayats and villages.
Politics
Srinagar District has 1 parliamentary constituency i.e. Srinagar and 8 assembly constituencies:
Demographics
Summarize
Perspective
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 184,676 | — |
| 1911 | 204,583 | +10.8% |
| 1921 | 223,223 | +9.1% |
| 1931 | 255,778 | +14.6% |
| 1941 | 291,522 | +14.0% |
| 1951 | 333,554 | +14.4% |
| 1961 | 375,587 | +12.6% |
| 1971 | 489,042 | +30.2% |
| 1981 | 608,244 | +24.4% |
| 1991 | 789,450 | +29.8% |
| 2001 | 1,027,670 | +30.2% |
| 2011 | 1,236,829 | +20.4% |
| † 1951 and 1991 populations are estimated Source: [9] | ||
According to the 2011 census Srinagar district has a population of 1,236,829,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Estonia[12] or the US state of New Hampshire.[13] This gives it a ranking of 381st in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district has a population density of 703 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,820/sq mi).[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.35%.[5] Srinagar has a sex ratio of 900 females for every 1,000 males[5] (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 69.41%.[5]
| Sex Ratio in Srinagar District in 2011 Census.[10] (no. females per 1,000 males) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion (and population) | Sex Ratio | |||
| Muslim (pop 1,177,342) | 945 | |||
| Hindu (pop 42,540) | 184 | |||
| Sikh (pop 12,187) | 747 | |||
| Christian (pop 2,746) | 551 | |||
| Other (pop 2,014) | 666 | |||
| Total (pop 1,236,829) | 900 | |||
| Srinagar district: Religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.[10] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muslim | Hindu | Christian | Sikh | Buddhist | Jain | Other | Not stated | Total | |
| Total | 1,177,342 | 42,540 | 2,746 | 12,187 | 285 | 74 | 2 | 1,653 | 1,236,829 |
| 95.19% | 3.44% | 0.22% | 0.99% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.13% | 100.00% | |
| Male | 605,244 | 35,952 | 1,771 | 6,975 | 171 | 39 | 1 | 998 | 651,124 |
| Female | 572,098 | 6515 | 975 | 5,212 | 114 | 35 | 1 | 655 | 585,705 |
| Gender ratio (% female) | 48.6% | 15.6% | 35.5% | 42.8% | 40.0% | 47.3% | 50.0% | 39.6% | 47.4% |
| Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males) |
945 | 184 | 551 | 747 | – | – | – | 656 | 900 |
| Urban | 1,160,071 | 42,513 | 2,743 | 12,185 | 285 | 74 | 2 | 1,643 | 1,219,516 |
| Rural | 17,271 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17,313 |
| % Urban | 98.5% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.4% | 98.6% |
At the time of the 2011 census, 94.13% of the population spoke Kashmiri and 1.88% Urdu as their first language.[11] Most of the Kashmiris can speak Urdu.[6]
Weather
| Climate data for Srinagar (1893–2024) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
29.7 (85.5) |
32.4 (90.3) |
36.4 (97.5) |
38.3 (100.9) |
41.3 (106.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
37.8 (100.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
41.3 (106.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
32.8 (91.0) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
23.7 (74.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.4) |
1.3 (34.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
10.0 (49.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.4 (7.9) |
−20 (−4) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
4.1 (39.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−20 (−4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48 (1.9) |
68 (2.7) |
121 (4.8) |
85 (3.3) |
68 (2.7) |
39 (1.5) |
62 (2.4) |
76 (3.0) |
28 (1.1) |
33 (1.3) |
28 (1.1) |
54 (2.1) |
710 (27.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 7.3 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 75.6 |
| Source: HKO[14] | |||||||||||||
Places of worship
- Jamia Ahlehadees Markazi Masjid Madina Chowk Gow Kadal
- Hazratbal Shrine
- Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, one of the oldest mosques in Kashmir
- Shah-i-Hamadan Mosque
- Shrine of Makhdoom Sahib
- Shankaracharya temple, possibly the oldest shrine in Kashmir
- Khanqah-e-Moula
See also
- List of colleges in Srinagar
- List of schools in Srinagar
References
External links
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