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District map of Jammu and Kashmir in 2015, also showing territories of the former Jammu and Kashmir controlled by other countries: A. Gilgit B. Aksai Chin C. Gilgit Wazarat D. Chilas E. Tribal territory F. Muzaffarabad G. Punch (western portion) H. Mirpur
The Kashmir division is largely Muslim (97.16%) with a very small Hindu (2.45%) and Sikh (0.81%) population. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Among Muslims, there are Shias and Sunnis secs, majority of whom are made up of ethnic Kashmiris , with a significant minority of Pahari-Pothwari and Gujjar-Bakarwal people mainly living at the border area adjoining ...
Political map of Kashmir. Kashmir (/ ˈ k æ ʃ m ɪər / KASH-meer or / k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / kash-MEER) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
Kishtwar district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir of the disputed Kashmir region. [1] As of 2011, it is the largest and the least populous district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region. Jammu and Kashmir is home to several valleys such as the Kashmir Valley, Tawi Valley, Chenab Valley, Poonch Valley, Sind Valley, and Lidder Valley. [38] The Kashmir valley is 100 km (62 mi) wide and 15,520.3 km 2 (5,992.4 sq mi) in area. [39]
English: Location map of Kashmir, with Pakistani and Indian districts. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 120 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 37.2° N;
International Borders: University of Texas map library - India Political map 2001 Disputed Borders: University of Texas map library - China-India Borders - Eastern Sector 1988 & Western Sector 1988 - Kashmir Region 2004 - Kashmir Maps. State and District boundaries: Census of India - 2001 Census State Maps - Survey of India Maps.
The Kashmiri Pandits, the only Hindus of the Kashmir valley, who had stably constituted approximately 4 to 5% of the population of the valley during Dogra rule (1846–1947), and 20% of whom had left the Kashmir valley to other parts of India in the 1950s, [68] underwent a complete exodus in the 1990s due to the Kashmir insurgency. According to ...