Profile

1.

Area

2985 (Sq. Kms.)

2.

No. CD Blocks

08

3.

No. Tehsils

06

4.

No. Niabats

16

5.

No. Villages

405

6.

Road length ending 2007-08

938 kms

7.

Road length per 100 Sqkms of area

7.77 kms

8.

Population 2011 (in Nos)

4,09,576

9.

BPL Population (in Nos)

102712

10.

%age of total population

29.07 %

11. Sex Ratio (Female’000’)

i)

District Avg.

922 (2011 Census)

ii)

State Avg.

883(2011 census)

iii)

National Avg.

940 (2011 census)

12. Literacy rate

i)

District Avg.

65.97% (2011 Census)

ii)

State Avg.

68.74% (2011 census)

iii)

National Avg.

74.04% (2011 census)

13. Education

A

School Education.

i)

Primary Schools

794

ii)

Middle Schools

275

iii)

High Schools

68

iv)

Higher Sec. Schools

39

B

Higher & Technical Education

i)

University Campus

01 ( Bhaderwah Campus, University of Jammu)

ii)

Colleges

03

iii)

ITI

03

14. Health Infrastructure

i)

Distt.Hospital

01

ii)

PHCs

13

iii)

Sub-Distt. Hospital

02

v)

MACs

30

vi)

ADs

21

vii)

Sub Centres

75

15. Other Infrastructure

i)

Gypsum Mines ( Assar)

01

ii)

Industrial Estates

01