Shopian is one of 22 districts located in northern Indian state Jammu & Kashmir. There are total 2 blocks which comes under Shopian district, and there are total 229 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Shopian district is 13 and number of houses in this district is 41858.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 249855. Out of total 249855, male population count is 127161, where as female population count is 122694 in Shopian.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 39484 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 39484 children 20975 are boys and 18509 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Shopian district is 50%. 125256 out of total 249855 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 57% and 73266 males are literate out of total 127161 male population, where as female literacy rate is 57% and 51990 out of total 122694 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Shopian district is 49%. 124599 out of total 249855 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 42% and 53895 males are illiterate out of total 127161 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 57% and 70704 out of total 122694 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Shopian district is 80924 and non-working population is 168931 and out of 80924 working population 29065 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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