Handwara City Population - Kupwara, Jammu & Kashmir

Handwara (MC) is a City and Municipal Committee located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu & Kashmir. Handwara city has 2011 housholds and town is divided into 13 wards. Handwara city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.

As per the Census India 2011, Handwara city has population of 13600 of which 7379 are males and 6221 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 1938 which is 14.25% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Handwara city is around 843 compared to 889 which is average of Jammu & Kashmir state. The literacy rate of Handwara city is 66.25% out of which 75.85% males are literate and 54.86% females are literate. There are 0.43% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.12% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Handwara city.

Handwara Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total13600100%
Muslim1227990.29%
Hindu11228.25%
Sikh730.54%
Christian700.51%
Religion not stated460.34%
Other religions and persuasions60.04%
Buddhist30.02%
Jain10.01%

List of Wards in Handwara

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Handwara Population Facts

Number of Households2011
Population13600
Male Population7379 (54.26%)
Female Population6221 (45.74%)
Children Population1938
Sex-ratio843
Literacy66.25%
Male Literacy75.85%
Female Literacy54.86%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %0.12%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %0.43%

Map of Handwara, Kupwara, Jammu & Kashmir