Pulwama City Population - Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir

Pulwama (MC) is a City and Municipal Committee located in Pulwama Tehsil of Pulwama district in Jammu & Kashmir. Pulwama city has 2,483 housholds and town is divided into 13 wards. Pulwama city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.

As per the Census India 2011, Pulwama city has population of 18,440 of which 10,070 are males and 8,370 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 3,167 which is 17.17% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Pulwama city is around 831 compared to 889 which is average of Jammu & Kashmir state. The literacy rate of Pulwama city is 61.44% out of which 67.9% males are literate and 53.66% females are literate. There are 1% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.76% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Pulwama city.

Pulwama Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total18,440100%
Muslim17,44294.59%
Hindu8544.63%
Sikh630.34%
Religion not stated450.24%
Christian320.17%
Buddhist30.02%
Jain10.01%
Other religions and persuasions00%

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Pulwama Population Facts

Number of Households2,483
Population18,440
Male Population10,070 (54.61%)
Female Population8,370 (45.39%)
Children Population3,167
Sex-ratio831
Literacy61.44%
Male Literacy67.9%
Female Literacy53.66%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %0.76%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %1%

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