Srinagar district


The Srinagar district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. 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, and is home to the summer capital city of Srinagar. Likewise, the city of Srinagar also serves as the Srinagar district's headquarters.

Administration

Srinagar district has 2 Sub-Divisions i.e. Srinagar West and Srinagar East.
7 Tehsils are:
This district has 4 Blocks
  • 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:
According to the 2011 census Srinagar district has a population of 1,236,829, roughly equal to the nation of Estonia or the US state of New Hampshire. This gives it a ranking of 381st in India. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.35%. Srinagar has a sex ratio of 900 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.41%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 0.09% and 0.72% of the population. 98.60% of the population lives in urban areas.
At the time of the 2011 census, 94.13% of the population spoke Kashmiri and 1.88% Hindi as their first language. Most of the Kashmiris can speak Urdu.

Weather

Places of worship