Kishtwar is one of district of Jammu & Kashmir in India. There are 4 Tehsils, 157 villages and 1 towns in Kishtwar district.
As per the Census India 2011, Kishtwar district has 45,209 households, population of 230,696 of which 120,165 are males and 110,531 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 39,396 which is 17.08% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Kishtwar district is around
920 compared to
889 which is average of Jammu & Kashmir state. The literacy rate of Kishtwar district is 46.6% out of which 57.17% males are literate and 35.11% females are literate. The total area of Kishtwar is 1,644 sq.km with population density of 140 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 93.56% of population lives in Urban area and 6.44% lives in Rural area. There are 6.2% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 16.54% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Kishtwar district.
Kishtwar Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 230,696 | 100% |
| Muslim | 133,225 | 57.75% |
| Hindu | 93,931 | 40.72% |
| Buddhist | 2,094 | 0.91% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 514 | 0.22% |
| Sikh | 450 | 0.2% |
| Christian | 277 | 0.12% |
| Religion not stated | 202 | 0.09% |
| Jain | 3 | 0% |
Kishtwar Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 1 | 1,643 |
| Number of households | 2,710 | 42,499 |
| Total Population | 14,865 | 215,831 |
| Population (%) | 55.02% | 48.11% |
| Male Population | 8,179 | 111,986 |
| Female Population | 6,686 | 103,845 |
| Sex Ratio | 817 | 927 |
| Literacy (%) | 76.65% | 44.53% |
List of Tehsils in Kishtwar
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