Kupwara district explained
Kupwara district |
Settlement Type: | District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India |
Total Type: | Total |
Native Name: | Kopwor |
Image Map1: | Kashmir region. LOC 2003626427 - showing Kashmir division administered by India in neon blue.jpg |
Map Caption1: | Kupwara district is in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region It is in the Kashmir division (bordered in neon blue). |
Coordinates: | 34.6167°N 87°W |
Subdivision Type: | Administering country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Coor Pinpoint: | Kupwara |
Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Kashmir Division |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1979 |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Kupwara |
Parts Type: | Tehsils |
Parts Style: | para |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2379 |
Area Rural Km2: | 2331.7 |
Area Urban Km2: | 47.3 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 870,354 |
Population Urban: | 104,729 |
Population Rural: | 765,625 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
Demographics1 Info1: | 64.51% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio[2] |
Demographics Type2: | Languages |
Demographics2 Title1: | Official |
Demographics2 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] [4] |
Leader Title: | Lok Sabha Constituency |
Leader Name: | Baramulla |
Leader Title1: | MP[5] |
Leader Title2: | Vidhan Sabha Constituencies |
Leader Name2: | 6 : Karnah, Trehgam, Kupwara, Lolab, Handwara and Langate |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
Registration Plate: | JK-09 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Major highways |
Blank Info Sec1: | NH 701 |
Kupwara district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.[6] It is one of the 10 districts located in the Kashmir Valley Division of Indian administered Kashmir. The Pohru River (originating in Lolab Valley and flowing from east to west) and Mawar river are two main rivers in the district. Both of them meet Jhelum river in Baramulla district.[7]
History
The district was carved out of the erstwhile Baramulla district in 1979 with Kupwara Town as the district headquarters.[8]
Geography
Kupwara district has a total area of . The district is bordered by Bandipora district in the east, Baramulla district to the south and Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir to the north and west. The district is mostly rural/agricultural.
Adjacent districts
Economy
Most of the people depend on agriculture and horticulture. There is a good production and business of walnuts in Kupwara.[9]
Department of horticulture have developed high density walnut nursery in Kupwara[10]
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Kupwara district has a population of 870,354. This gives it a ranking of 470th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 368PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 34.62%. Kupwara has a sex ratio of 843 females for every 1000 males (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 75.60% Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 0.12% and 8.08% of the population respectively.
Kupwara district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.[11] |
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| Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Sikh | Buddhist | Jain | Other | Not stated | Total |
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Total | 37,128 | 823,286 | 1,700 | 5,600 | 66 | 39 | 13 | 2,522 | 870,354 |
4.27% | 94.59% | 0.20% | 0.64% | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.29% | 100.00% |
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Male | 36,057 | 430,521 | 1,215 | 4,821 | 51 | 28 | 9 | 1,488 | 474,190 |
Female | 1,071 | 392,765 | 485 | 779 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1,034 | 396,164 |
Gender ratio (% female) | 2.9% | 47.7% | 28.5% | 13.9% | 22.7% | 28.2% | 30.8% | 41.0% | 45.5% |
Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males) | 30 | 912 | 399 | 162 | – | – | – | 695 | 835 |
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Urban | 9,460 | 93,355 | 369 | 1,123 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 388 | 104,729 |
Rural | 27,668 | 729,931 | 1,331 | 4,477 | 46 | 33 | 5 | 2,134 | 765,625 |
% Urban | 25.5% | 11.3% | 21.7% | 20.1% | 30.3% | 15.4% | 61.5% | 15.4% | 12.0% |
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At the time of the 2011 census, 71.11% of the population spoke
Kashmiri, 14.12%
Pahari, 9.21%
Gujari and 2.70%
Hindi as their first language.
Urdu is widely-spoken as a second language.
[12] Notable people
Transportation
Air
The nearest airport is Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar located 87 kilometres from district headquarters Kupwara. There are plans to construct an airport in Panzgam.[13]
Rail
Kupwara district is not yet connected to railways. There are plans to extend the Jammu–Baramulla line up to Kupwara in the near future.[14] The nearest railway station is Baramulla railway station located 45 kilometres from Kupwara.
Road
Kupwara is well-connected with roads and highways. The NH 701 passes through Kupwara district alongside other intra-district roads.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- District Census Handbook Kupwara, Part A . 7 . Census of India 2011 . July 2016 . 21 November 2020.
District Census Handbook Kupwara, Part B . 11, 12 . Census of India 2011 . 16 June 2014 . 21 November 2020.
- Web site: Kupwara district Census 2011. Govt of India Census. 12 July 2021.
- Web site: The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 . The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020 . 27 September 2020.
- News: Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 . Rising Kashmir . 23 September 2020 . 23 September 2020 . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 . dead .
- Web site: Lok Sabha Members. Lok Sabha. 12 July 2021.
- The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting 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) (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) (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) C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947";
(d) Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute betw een India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China."
(e) Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.";
(f) (subscription required) Quote: "... China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962.";
(g) Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million. AJK has six districts: Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Bagh, Kodi, Rawalakot, and Poonch. Its capital is the town of Muzaffarabad. AJK has its own institutions, but its political life is heavily controlled by Pakistani authorities, especially the military), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control."
(h) Quote: "Kashmir’s identity remains hotly disputed with a UN-supervised “Line of Control” still separating Pakistani-held Azad (“Free”) Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir.";
(i) Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'."
- Web site: Statement showing the number of blocks in respect of 22 Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State including newly created districts, as on 31-03-2008 . 29 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080910092544/http://jkrd.nic.in/listAllDistricts.pdf . 10 September 2008 . dead . dated 2008-03-13, accessed 30 August 2008
- Web site: Kupwara: Brief History, Places of Attraction. The Dispatch. 12 July 2021.
- Web site: Ministry of Panchayati Raj . 8 September 2009 . A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme . National Institute of Rural Development . 27 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf . 5 April 2012 .
- Web site: Horticulture deptt to develop high density walnut nursery in Kupwara. 20 April 2019. Greater Kashmir. en-US. 16 April 2020.
- Web site: Table C-16 Population by Religion: Jammu and Kashmir . www.censusindia.gov.in . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Jammu and Kashmir . www.censusindia.gov.in . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- Web site: Centre plans to build 11 new airports in J&K, 2 in Ladakh. Kashmir Life. 17 March 2020.
- Web site: J&K gets ₹3,848-cr Baramulla-Kupwara railroad project. NBMCW. 12 July 2021.