Jammu district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the most populous district in the Jammu division.
Jammu District has 7 Sub-Divisions:
Jammu South
Jammu North
R.S. Pura
Marh
Akhnoor
Chowki Choura
Khour
There are 21 tehsils:
Akhnoor
Arnia
Bahu
Bhalwal
Bishnah
Chowki Choura
Dansal
Jammu
Jammu North
Jammu South
Jammu West
Jourian
Kharah Balli
Khour
Maira Mandrian
Mandal
Marh
Nagrota
Pargwal
Ranbir Singh Pura
Suchetgarh
There are 20 Blocks:
Akhnoor
Arnia
Bhalwal
Bhalwal Brahmana
Bishnah
Chowki Choura
Dansal
Khour
Kharah Balli
Maira Mandrian
Mandal
Marh
Mathwar
Miran Sahib
Nagrota
Pargwal
R.S. Pura
Samwan
Satwari
Suchetgarh
According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 326th 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 12.48%. Jammu has a sex ratio of 871 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.98%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 24.7% and 4.5% of the population of the district.
The most widely spoken language of Jammu is Dogri. Other languages spoken are Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Gojri and English.
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Rajouri or Rajpur is a district in the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The Line of Control lies to its west, Poonch to its north, the Reasi district to the east and the Jammu district to its south. Rajouri is famous for its "Kalari" (made from milk). Representing an ancient principality, Rajouri was a joint district, along with Reasi, at the time of princely state's accession to India in 1947. The two tehsils were separated and Rajouri was merged with the Poonch district.