Anantnag is one of 22 districts located in northern Indian state Jammu & Kashmir. There are total 8 blocks which comes under Anantnag district, and there are total 342 villages and 19 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Anantnag district is 14 and number of houses in this district is 122845.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 836570. Out of total 836570, male population count is 431717, where as female population count is 404853 in Anantnag.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 168234 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 168234 children 91479 are boys and 76755 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Anantnag district is 47%. 398742 out of total 836570 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 55% and 238064 males are literate out of total 431717 male population, where as female literacy rate is 60% and 160678 out of total 404853 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Anantnag district is 52%. 437828 out of total 836570 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 44% and 193653 males are illiterate out of total 431717 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 60% and 244175 out of total 404853 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Anantnag district is 310452 and non-working population is 526118 and out of 310452 working population 34724 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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