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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Samba, Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Samba district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Village Chak Paras 01.jpg
| image_caption = Village in Samba district
| image_map = Jammu and Kashmir Samba district.svg
| map_caption = Location of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir
| coordinates = {{coord|32|33|N|75|07|E|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jammu Division]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Samba, Jammu and Kashmir]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = [[Samba, Jammu and Kashmir|Samba]]
| area_total_km2 = 914
| area_footnotes = <ref>https://samba.gov.in/geography/</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 318,898
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 16.8%
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 81.41%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 886
| leader_title = [[District magistrate|District Magistrate]]
| leader_name = [[Anuradha Gupta|Anuradha Gupta (KAS)]]
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = JK-21
| blank_name_sec1 =
| blank_info_sec1 =
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://samba.nic.in/
}}

'''Samba District''' is a district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|Union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] formed in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://samba.gov.in/history/ |publisher=District Samba (Jammu and Kashmir), Government of Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref> Before its formation, this area was part of [[Jammu district]] and [[Kathua district]].

==Geography==
The district covers [[Samba, Jammu|Samba]] town and adjoining tehsils: Vijaypur and village Supwal and Ghagwal tehsil of Kathua. The district is separated from the Jammu district by "Purmandal Bridge". Samba is situated on the bank of Basantar River.

Samba district consists of four blocks: [[Samba, Jammu|Samba]], [[Vijay Pur]], Purmandal, and Ghagwal.<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=10 September 2008}} dated 2008-03-13, accessed 2008-08-30</ref> Each block consists of GREF [[panchayat]]s. The biggest village in Rajpura.{{cn|date=January 2021}}

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==History==
Samba was reportedly established in 1400 AD.<ref>{{cite web |title=District Samba |url=https://samba.gov.in/history/ |website=Government of Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref> It came under the suzerainty of Jammu in 1816 A.D., while it was annexed by Raja Gulab Singh in 1846 A.D. Historically Samba consisted of 22 towns (also known as Mandi), each headed by a separate family. Prior to 1947, Samba was a [[tehsil]].<ref>{{citation |last=Snedden |first=Christopher |title=Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s5KMCwAAQBAJ&pg=PR21 |year=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-84904-342-7 |page=xxi}}</ref> Samba became a district in 2006.

==Politics==
Samba District has two assembly constituencies: Samba and Vijaypur.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/ERos_AERos.html | title=ERO's and AERO's | publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir | access-date=2008-08-28 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022185235/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/eros_aeros.html | archive-date=22 October 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Both are part of [[Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html | title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir | publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir | access-date=2008-10-30 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231174529/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/Constituencies.html | archive-date=31 December 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Samba District had a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 318,898,<ref name="census2011-C01"/> roughly equal to [[The Bahamas]].<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 = Bahamas, The 313,312}}</ref> It is the 568th largest in India (of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert|318|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade of 2001 to 2011 was 16.9%. Samba has a [[sex ratio]] of 886 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 81.4%.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

===Religion===
{{Bar box
|title=Religion in Reasi district (2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|publisher=Census |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> 
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{{Bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|86.33}}
{{Bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|7.20}}
{{Bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|5.63}}
{{Bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.84}}
}}
Samba district has an overwhelming Hindu majority, spread among [[Muslims]], [[Sikhs]], and others are the minority in the Samba district.

{{bar box
|title=Sex Ratio in Samba District in 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C01"/><br>(no. females per 1,000 males)
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|width=360px
|left1=Religion (and population)
|right1=Sex Ratio
|bars=
{{bar pixel|Hindu (pop 275,311)|orange|88.660||887 }}
{{bar pixel|Muslim (pop 22,950)|green|86.464||865 }}
{{bar pixel|Christian (pop 2,306)|blue|60.809||608 }}
{{bar pixel|Sikh (pop 17,961)|yellow|94.089||941 }}
{{bar pixel|Other (pop 370)|grey|86.869||869 }}
{{bar pixel|Total (pop 318,898)|black|88.559||886 }}
}}

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! colspan=10 | Samba 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
|| 275,311 || 22,950 || 2,306 || 17,961 || 48 || 16 || 6 || 300 || 318,898
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
|| 86.33% || 7.20% || 0.72% || 5.63% || 0.02% || 0.01% || 0.00% || 0.09% || 100.00%
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Male
|| 145,930 || 12,308 || 1,434 || 9,254 || 29 || 8 || 5 || 156 || 169,124
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Female
|| 129,381 || 10,642 || 872 || 8,707 || 19 || 8 || 1 || 144 || 149,774
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Gender ratio (% female)
|| 47.0% || 46.4% || 37.8% || 48.5% || 39.6% || 50.0% || 16.7% || 48.0% || 47.0%
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| Sex ratio <br><small>(no. of females per 1,000 males)</small>
|| 887 || 865 || 608 || 941 || – || – || – || – || 886
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Urban
|| 47,411 || 2,669 || 1,218 || 2,205 || 20 || 1 || 0 || 91 || 53,615
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Rural
|| 227,900 || 20,281 || 1,088 || 15,756 || 28 || 15 || 6 || 209 || 265,283
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | % Urban
|| 17.2% || 11.6% || 52.8% || 12.3% || 41.7% || 6.3% || 0.0% || 30.3% || 16.8%
|-
|}
=== Languages ===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
| caption= Languages of Samba district (2011)<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>
|label1 = [[Dogri language|Dogri]] |value1 = 84.53 |color1 = Indigo
|label2 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value2 = 4.95 |color2 = cyan
|label3 = [[Gujari language|Gojri]] |value3 = 4.32 |color3 = Tomato
|label4 = [[Hindi]] |value4 = 2.72 |color4 = Yellow
|label5 = Others |value5 = 3.48 |color5 = grey
}}At the time of the 2011 census, 84.53% of the population spoke [[Dogri language|Dogri]], 4.95% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], 4.32% [[Gujari language|Gojri]] and 2.72% [[Hindi]] as their first language.

== Festivals & Fairs of Samba ==

=== Rath Kharda Mela ===
An eight day fair is organised in Narsingh and Annapurna Temple in Ghagwal of [[Samba district]] of [[Jammu Division|Jammu division]]. This fair involves taking out procession of deity on a [[chariot]]. Hence named ''Rath Kharda Mela''. Thousands of devotees are drawn from neighbouring states of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]] and also other parts of [[Jammu Division|Jammu]] region. People from hilly areas of Jammu like: [[Basholi|Basohli]], [[Doda district|Doda]], [[Kishtwar]], [[Bani (tehsil)|Bani]], [[Dudu Basantgarh]] put stalls in this fair and sell the handicrafts and woolen items like ''Pattus'', blankets & shawls''.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rath Kardha Mela commences|url=https://news.statetimes.in/rath-kardha-mela-commences/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=State Times|language=en-GB}}</ref>

During this fair, the temple is decorated with flowers and lights. Devotees visit the temple and pay obeisance to the main deity, Bhagwan Narsimha. A [[Bhandara (community kitchen)|Bhandara]] is also organised for the devotees. Local farmers sow their fields in the name of [[Narasimha|Bhagwan Narsimha]] and while harvesting their crops offer a part of it to the temple during this fair.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Excelsior|first=Daily|date=2019-12-28|title=8-day Rath Kardha Mela begins at Narsingh Dass temple Ghagwal|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/8-day-rath-kardha-mela-begins-at-narsingh-dass-temple-ghagwal/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K|language=en-US}}</ref>

Besides Ghagwal, ''Rath Kharda Mela'' is also held at other places of Jammu division like: [[Ramgarh, Jammu and Kashmir|Ramgarh]] tehsil of [[Udhampur district|Udhampur]] district, Parnala village in [[Billawar]] tehsil and Hatli village in [[Kathua district|Kathua]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rath Khardha Mela commences at Ghagwal - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir|url=http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=139243|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.earlytimes.in}}</ref>

==Famous People==
* [[Alla Rakha]] Indian Classical Musician and tabla player

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://samba.gov.in/ Official website of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir]
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9550285 Samba district on OpenStreetMap]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Samba district
|North =
|Northeast = [[Udhampur district]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Kathua district]]
|South = ''[[Pakistan]]''
|Southwest =
|West =
|Northwest = [[Jammu district]]
}}
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{{Municipalities of Jammu and Kashmir}}

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