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Jammu and Kashmir is one of the largest recipients of grants from the central government annually. [90] According to the Sustainable Development Goals Index 2021, 10.35 per cent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir live below the national poverty line, the third-highest among union territories in the country. [91]
According to the 2011 census, the total population of Jammu Division is 5,350,811. [25] Scheduled castes constitute 19.44% of the population [26] and Scheduled tribes comprise 15-20% of the population in Jammu Division. Five out of 10 districts, mainly in the hilly areas of the east and north, have Muslim majorities, while the densely populated ...
According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon [7] or the US state of Hawaii. [8] This gives it a ranking of 326th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 596 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,540/sq mi) .
The constituents of Urban Agglomerations in Jammu and Kashmir, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below: [3] Srinagar Urban Agglomeration includes Srinagar (M Corp.), Bagh e Mehtab (OG), Shanker Pora (OG), Machwa(Nasratpora) (OG), Dharam Bagh (OG), Gopal Pora (OG), Wathora (OG), Badamibagh (CB), Pampora (MC) Narbal, Parihaspora and Kral Pora (CT),
In the last census of British India in 1941, the total population of Kashmir and Jammu (which as a result of the Second World War, was estimated from the 1931 census) was 3,945,000. Of these, the total Muslim population was 2,997,000 (75.97%), the Hindu population was 808,000 (20.48%), and the Sikh 55,000 (1.39%).
Jammu and Kashmir was the only Indian state to have its own official state flag, along with India's national flag, [97] in addition to a separate constitution. Designed by the then ruling National Conference, the flag of Jammu and Kashmir featured a plough on a red background symbolising labour; it replaced the Maharaja's state flag. The three ...
Jammu city serves as the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir state from November to April when all the offices move from Srinagar to Jammu. Srinagar serves as the summer capital from May to October. [33] Jammu was a municipal committee during 2001 census of India. With effect from 5 September 2003, it has upgraded status of a municipal ...
Jammu and Kashmir, also known as Kashmir and Jammu, [1] was a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with the British East India Company from 1846 to 1858 and under the paramountcy (or tutelage [2] [3]) of the British Crown, from 1858 until the Partition of India in 1947, when it became a disputed territory, now administered by three countries: China, India, and Pakistan.