Bandipore district

Coordinates: 34°25′12″N 74°39′00″E / 34.42000°N 74.65000°E / 34.42000; 74.65000
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Bandipore
Bandpur
Bandipora, Bandipur
Superintendent of Police
Lakshya Sharma, IPS
Websitebandipore.nic.in

Bandipore district (also spelt as Bandipora or Bandipur) is an administrative

Ganderbal district from the east. This district occupies an area of 398 km2.[5]
The district has a population of 392,232 as per 2011 census.

Education

Some of the institutions and colleges of Bandipur which provide quality education to the students of district Bandipore.

  • Govt HKM Degree College Patushay
  • Govt Degree College Gurez
  • Krishi Vigyan Kendra Patushay
  • Islamiya Model School Patushay
  • Govt Middle School Patushay
  • Govt Girls Higher Secondary School, Plan Bandipora
  • Govt NM Boys Higher School Kaloosa
  • Govt Higher Secondary school Quilmuqam
  • Govt Polytechnic College Bandipora
  • Kendriya Vidyalaya BSF Bandipur.
  • Al-Noor College Of Education moder
  • Mehboobul Aalam College Of Education
  • Govt High School Bagh]
  • Govt High School Qazipora bandipora
  • Muslim Model School Qazipora Watapora
  • Army Good Will School Aythmulla
  • Shaheen College Of Education
  • Govt Higher Sec. School Nadihal
  • Govt Higher Sec. School Aloosa
  • Govt Higher Sec. School Aragam
  • Govt Secondary School Mantrigam
  • Govt Secondary School Bonakoot
  • Eaglets Public Secondary School Plan
  • SMS Islamia Model Higher Secondary School, Garoora
  • Government Higher Secondary School, Arin

Divisions

The district comprises seven tehsils: Ajas, Aloosa, Bandipore, Sumbal, Hajin, Gurez and Tulail. The district has three

Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency
. The district comprises twelve community development blocks: Aloosa, Arin, Baktoor, Bandipore, Bonkoot, Ganastan, Gurez, Hajin, Naidkhai, Nowgam, Sumbal and Tulail.

Demographics

Religion in Bandipore district (2011)[6]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 97.39%
Hinduism
 
 2.15%
Other or not stated
 
 0.46%
Sex Ratio in Bandipore District in 2011 Census.[6]
(no. females per 1,000 males)
Religion (and population) Sex Ratio
Muslim (pop 382,006)
 
 926
Hindu (pop 8,439)
 
 47
Other (pop 1,787)
 
 378
Total (pop 392,232)
 
 889

Languages of Bandipore district (2011)[7]

  Kashmiri (82.39%)
  Gojri (8.82%)
  Shina (4.18%)
  Pahari (1.91%)
  Urdu (1.27%)
  Others (1.43%)

According to the

640).[8] The district has a population density of 1,117 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,890/sq mi) .[8] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 26.31%.[8] Bandipore has a sex ratio of 899 females for every 1000 males[8] (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 57.82%.[8]

Bandipore district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.[6]
Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Buddhist Jain Other Not stated Total
Total 8,439 382,006 572 555 44 17 2 597 392,232
2.15% 97.39% 0.15% 0.14% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0.15% 100.00%
Male 8,061 198,322 380 520 40 8 0 349 207,680
Female 378 183,684 192 35 4 9 2 248 184,552
Gender ratio (% female) 4.5% 48.1% 33.6% 6.3% 9.1% 52.9% 100.0% 41.5% 47.1%
Sex ratio
(no. of females per 1,000 males) 		47 926 505 67 – – – 711 889
Urban 2,549 62,557 91 50 18 2 2 92 65,361
Rural 5,890 319,449 481 505 26 15 0 505 326,871
% Urban 30.2% 16.4% 15.9% 9.0% 40.9% 11.8% 100.0% 15.4% 16.7%

At the time of the 2011 census, 82.39% of the population spoke Kashmiri, 8,82% Gojri, 4.18% Shina, 1.91% Pahari and 1.27% Hindi as their first language.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^
    due weight
    in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (f) through (h) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (i) below).
    (a) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
    (b) Pletcher, Kenneth, Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 16 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
    (c) "Kashmir", Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328,
    ISBN 978-1-84904-621-3
     Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'."
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  6. ^ a b c C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ a b C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  9. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Maldives 394,999 July 2011 est.

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