Kupwara is one of 22 districts located in northern Indian state Jammu & Kashmir. There are total 11 blocks which comes under Kupwara district, and there are total 362 villages and 8 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kupwara district is 1 and number of houses in this district is 109984.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 834983. Out of total 834983, male population count is 451691, where as female population count is 383292 in Kupwara.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 184767 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 184767 children 98402 are boys and 86365 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kupwara district is 49%. 413595 out of total 834983 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 58% and 264323 males are literate out of total 451691 male population, where as female literacy rate is 61% and 149272 out of total 383292 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kupwara district is 50%. 421388 out of total 834983 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 41% and 187368 males are illiterate out of total 451691 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 61% and 234020 out of total 383292 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kupwara district is 214263 and non-working population is 620720 and out of 214263 working population 14458 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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