Srinagar district

The Srinagar District is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Situated in the centre of the Kashmir Valley, it is the second-most populous district of the union territory after Jammu District as per the 2011 national census, and is home to the summer capital city of Srinagar (with the city of Jammu serving as the territory's winter capital). Likewise, the city of Srinagar also serves as the Srinagar District's headquarters. Srinagar district has 2 Sub-Divisions i.e. Srinagar West and Srinagar East. 7 Tehsils are: Central Shalteng Chanapora/ Natipora Eidgah Khanyar Pantha chowk Srinagar North Srinagar South. This district has 4 Blocks Harwan Qammerwari Khonmoh Srinagar These blocks consist of a number of panchayats and villages. Srinagar District has 1 parliamentary constituency i.e. Srinagar and 8 assembly constituencies: Hazratbal Zadibal Eidgah Khanyar Habba Kadal Amira Kadal Sonwar Batmaloo According to the 2011 census Srinagar district has a population of 1,236,829, roughly equal to the nation of Estonia or the US state of New Hampshire. This gives it a ranking of 381st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.35%. Srinagar has a sex ratio of 900 females for every 1,000 males (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 69.41%. At the time of the 2011 census, 94.13% of the population spoke Kashmiri and 1.88% Urdu as their first language. Most kashmiris can speak urdu.