Kulgam is one of 22 districts located in northern Indian state Jammu & Kashmir. There are total 6 blocks which comes under Kulgam district, and there are total 231 villages and 1 town area which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kulgam district is 15 and number of houses in this district is 59991.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 344264. Out of total 344264, male population count is 175778, where as female population count is 168486 in Kulgam.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 59826 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 59826 children 31749 are boys and 28077 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kulgam district is 47%. 163268 out of total 344264 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 55% and 97335 males are literate out of total 175778 male population, where as female literacy rate is 60% and 65933 out of total 168486 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kulgam district is 52%. 180996 out of total 344264 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 44% and 78443 males are illiterate out of total 175778 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 60% and 102553 out of total 168486 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kulgam district is 127194 and non-working population is 217070 and out of 127194 working population 22942 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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