Handwara (MC) is a City and Municipal Committee located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu & Kashmir. Handwara city has 2,011 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 13,600 of which 7,379 are males and 6,221 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 1,938 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
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 13,600 | 100% |
| Muslim | 12,279 | 90.29% |
| Hindu | 1,122 | 8.25% |
| Sikh | 73 | 0.54% |
| Christian | 70 | 0.51% |
| Religion not stated | 46 | 0.34% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 6 | 0.04% |
| Buddhist | 3 | 0.02% |
| Jain | 1 | 0.01% |
List of Wards in Handwara
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