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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Pulwama}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{More citations needed|date=May 2019}}
{{original research|date=April 2020}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pulwama District
| other_name =
| image_skyline = Islamic University of Science and Technology.jpg
| image_caption = Islamic University of Science and Technology
| native_name = Pulwom, Pulgom 
| image_map = Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.svg
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| coordinates =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_name3 =
| established_title =
| established_date = 1979
| seat_type = [[Headquarters]]
| seat = [[Pulwama]]
| government_footnotes =
| leader_party =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name=AboutDistrict/>
| area_total_km2 = 1,090
| population_total = 615,429
| population_as_of = 2021(estimated)
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
| population_blank1_title = Literacy
| population_blank1 = 65.3%
| population_blank1_footnotes = {{cn|date= January 2021}}
| website = http://pulwama.gov.in
| footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1,630
| type = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| official_name =
}}
The '''Pulwama district''' is a [[district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|Union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], located in the south of [[Srinagar]]. The district headquarters of Pulwama district are located in [[Pulwama]] city.<ref>{{citation |url=https://pulwama.gov.in |title=Pulwama |work= District Administration, Pulwama, Jammu And Kashmir. Developed And Hosted By National Informatics Centre, Ministry Of Electronics & Information Technology, Government Of India |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>

==Administration==
In 1979 [[Anantnag district]] split in two, with one part remaining as Anantnag district, and the other part becoming Pulwama district.<ref>{{citation |url=https://anantnag.nic.in |title= About District/ |work=District Anantnag, Government of Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> When created, Pulwama district had 550 villages, grouped in five subdistricts ([[tehsil]]s): Shopian, Awantipora, Pampore, Pulwama, and Tral.<ref name=DistrictBackground2014/> After [[Shopian district]] was created in 2007, Pulwama district had 331 villages and four subdistricts.<ref name=DistrictBackground2014>{{cite web |url=http://pulwama.nic.in/profiles.htm |title=District background |access-date=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528100805/http://pulwama.nic.in/profiles.htm |archive-date=28 May 2014 |work=Pulwama District, Government of Jammu and Kashmir}}</ref> According to the district administration, the area of the district is {{convert|1090|km2|sqmi|order=flip}}.<ref name=AboutDistrict>{{citation |url=https://pulwama.gov.in |title=About District |work=Pulwama District, Government of Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref>

Pulwama district currently has eight subdistricts,<ref>{{citation |url=https://pulwama.gov.in/tehsil/ |title=About District/ Administrative Setup/ Tehsil |work=Pulwama District, Government of Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> with 327 villages (eight of which are uninhabited):<ref name=AboutDistrict/>
===Tehsils===
* [[Awantipora Tehsil]]
* [[Pampore]] Tehsil
* [[Pulwama]] Tehsil
* [[Tral]] Tehsil
* [[Rajpora]] Tehsil
* [[Aripal Tehsil]]
* [[Shahoora]] ([[Litter, Pulwama|Litter]]) Tehsil
* [[Kakapora]]Tehsil

This district consists of five development blocks: [[Tral]], Keller, [[Pampore]], [[Pulwama]] and [[Kakapora]].<ref>[http://jkrd.nic.in/listAllDistricts.pdf Statement showing the number of blocks in respect of 22 Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State including newly Created Districts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910092544/http://jkrd.nic.in/listAllDistricts.pdf |date=2008-09-10 }} dated 2008-03-13, accessed 2008-08-30</ref> Each block consists of a number of [[panchayat]]s.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Pulwama district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 560,440,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Solomon Islands]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote =Solomon Islands 571,890 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=2011-09-30| quote =Wyoming 563,626
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 537th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 598 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 29.18%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Pulwama has a [[sex ratio]] of 912 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males<ref name=districtcensus/> (though this varies with religion), and is lower than the national average of 940, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 64.3%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
{{bar box
|title=Sex Ratio in Pulwama District in 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C01"/> (no. females per 1,000 males)
|float=left
|width=360px
|left1=Religion (and population)
|right1=Sex Ratio
|bars=
{{bar pixel|Muslim (pop 535,159)|green|95.239||952 }}
{{bar pixel|Hindu (pop 13,840)|orange|10.587||106 }}
{{bar pixel|Sikh (pop 9,440)|yellow|84.700||847 }}
{{bar pixel|Other (pop 2,001)|grey|50.000||500 }}
{{bar pixel|Total (pop 560,440)|black|91.235||912 }}
}}
{{Bar box
|title=Religion in Pulwama district (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia2011.com/jammu-kashmir/pulwama-population.html|title=Pulwama district population|work=Census India 2011|accessdate=10 July 2021}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{Bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|95.49}}
{{Bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|2.47}}
{{Bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|1.68}}
{{Bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.36}}
}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
| caption=Pulwama district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16"/>
|label1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] |value1 = 91.30 |color1 = lightgreen
|label2 = [[Gujari language|Gojri]] |value2 = 3.96 |color2 = tomato
|label3 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value3 = 1.38 |color3 = purple
|label4 = [[Hindi]] |value4 = 1.25 |color4 = yellow
|label5 = Others |value5 = 2.11 |color5 = grey
}}

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! colspan=10 | Pulwama district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C01">{{cite report |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW01C-01%20MDDS.XLS |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
!|
!| Hindu
!| Muslim
!| Christian
!| Sikh
!| Buddhist
!| Jain
!| Other
!| Not stated
!| Total
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left" | Total
|| 13,840 || 535,159 || 1,109 || 9,440 || 35 || 6 || 18 || 833 || 560,440
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
|| 2.47% || 95.49% || 0.20% || 1.68% || 0.01% || 0.00% || 0.00% || 0.15% || 100.00%
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Male
|| 12,515 || 274,104 || 818 || 5,111 || 26 || 4 || 10 || 476 || 293,064
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Female
|| 1,325 || 261,055 || 291 || 4,329 || 9 || 2 || 8 || 357 || 267,376
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Gender ratio (% female)
|| 9.6% || 48.8% || 26.2% || 45.9% || 25.7% || 33.3% || 44.4% || 42.9% || 47.7%
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left"| Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males)
|| 106 || 952 || 356 || 847 || – || – || – || 750 || 912
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Urban
|| 7,388 || 72,353 || 223 || 364 || 12 || 3 || 4 || 115 || 80,462
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Rural
|| 6,452 || 462,806 || 886 || 9,076 || 23 || 3 || 14 || 718 || 479,978
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | % Urban
|| 53.4% || 13.5% || 20.1% || 3.9% || 34.3% || 50.0% || 22.2% || 13.8% || 14.4%
|-
|}
At the time of the 2011 census, 91.30% of the population spoke [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], 3.96% [[Gujari language|Gojri]], 1.38% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and 1.25% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="census2011-C16">{{cite report |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir |url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0100.XLSX |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>

{{clear}}

== Healthcare==
{{unreferenced section|date=July 2021}}
District has got one of the best health care system in The State/Union Territory. District has 1 DNB Deemed District Hospital Pulwama , 3 Sub-District Hospitals and numerous other health institutions. 1 tertiary Healthcare institute is under construction in Awantipora Tehsil of the district. It will be the largest hospital in Kashmir province/division.

==Educational institutions==
Some of the notable educational institutions of Pulwama district:
* [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences|AIIMS]] [[Awantipora]], Pulwama
*Boys [[Government Degree College]], Pulwama
*[https://www.iustlive.com/ Islamic University, Pulwama]
*[http://www.gdcwpulwama.edu.in/ Women's College, Pulwama]
*[https://www.getatoz.com/content/dir/college/paramount-college-of-education/C0050491 Paramount Institute of Education]
*Govt. GNM Nursing College, Pulwama
*Phoenix Paramedical College, Pulwama
*Dolphin Paramedical College, Pulwama

== Land use ==
The "reporting area" is the area for which data on land use classification are available. When Pulwama district was created in 1979 it had a "reporting area" of {{convert|98,000|ha|sqmi km2|order=out}}.<ref name=DistrictBackground2014/> After the creation of [[Shopian district]] in 2007, the "reporting area" of Pulwama district was reduced to {{convert|61,000|ha|sqmi km2|order=out}}.<ref name=DistrictBackground2014/>

{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! rowspan=2 | Classification of use
! colspan=2 | Area in 2016–2017<ref name=Area>{{citation |url=https://pulwama.gov.in/demography/ |title=Demography |work=Pulwama District, Government of Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=22 July 2020}} Note that this is marked square kilometres, but the numbers are actually hectares.</ref>
! rowspan=2| % total area
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
!| sq miles
!| sq km
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Forests ||{{convert|4.12|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 0.4%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Area under non-agricultural uses (roads, railways, buildings, rivers, canals)||{{convert|83.87|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 8%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Barren and un-culturable land (mountains, deserts, etc.)||{{convert|25.42|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 2%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Permanent pastures and other grazing lands ||{{convert|59.53|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 5%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Land under miscellaneous tree crops, etc. ||{{convert|11.02|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 1%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Culturable waste land (land that could be cultivated, that has not been cultivated in the last five years)||{{convert|36.17|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 3%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Fallow lands other than current fallows (fallow for more than one year, which had been cultivated with the past five years)||{{convert|1.91|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 0.2%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Current fallows (fallow this year, but cultivated the previous year)||{{convert|63.68|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 6%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| Net area sown (the total area sown with crops and orchards)||{{convert|322.92|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 30%
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class=sortbottom
|| '''Reporting area''' ||{{convert|607.72|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 56%
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class=sortbottom
|| No data ||{{convert|482|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 44%
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class=sortbottom
|| '''Total area'''<ref name=AboutDistrict/> ||{{convert|1,090|km2|sqmi|1|adj=ri0|order=flip |disp=table}}
| style="text-align:right" | 100%
|-style="vertical-align:top;" class=sortbottom
| colspan=4 style="text-align:center" | Definitions of land use classifications are given at: {{citation |url=http://mospi.nic.in/45-nine-fold-classification-land-use |title=Nine-fold classification of Land Use |work=Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India |access-date=22 July 2020}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Anantnag district]]
* [[Kulgam district]]
* [[Shopian district]]
* [[Budgam district]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://pulwama.nic.in/}}

{{Jammu and Kashmir topics}}
{{Pulwama district}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Pulwama district
| North = [[Srinagar district]]
| Northeast =
| East = [[Anantnag district]]
| Southeast =
| South = [[Kulgam district]]
| Southwest = [[Shopian district]]
| West = [[Budgam district]]
| Northwest =
}}

[[Category:Pulwama district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Jammu and Kashmir]]

Pulwama district - Revision history

->Kautilya3: Reverted 1 edit by 2409:4050:E83:33BE:0:0:8589:EA01 (talk): The original was correct English

imported>Hujihuhji: /* Pulwama district */ Fixed typo, Fixed grammar, Added links