Jammu is one of 22 districts located in northern Indian state Jammu & Kashmir. There are total 8 blocks which comes under Jammu district, and there are total 852 villages and 36 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Jammu district is 21 and number of houses in this district is 191854.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 928936. Out of total 928936, male population count is 493777, where as female population count is 435159 in Jammu.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 111325 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 111325 children 62502 are boys and 48823 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Jammu district is 69%. 649095 out of total 928936 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 75% and 372843 males are literate out of total 493777 male population, where as female literacy rate is 36% and 276252 out of total 435159 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Jammu district is 30%. 279841 out of total 928936 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 24% and 120934 males are illiterate out of total 493777 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 36% and 158907 out of total 435159 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Jammu district is 293996 and non-working population is 634940 and out of 293996 working population 45826 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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