Jammu District
Jammu district is the most populous of the districts in Jammu and Kashmir, India and is home to the winter capital (Jammu) of Jammu and Kashmir. The capital moves to Srinagar in the summer. Administrative divisions Jammu District has 7 Sub-Divisions: * Jammu South * Jammu North * R.S. Pura * Marh * Akhnoor * Chowki Choura * Khour There are 21 tehsils: * Akhnoor * Arnia * Bahu * Bhalwal * Bishnah * Chowki Choura * Dansal * Jammu * Jammu North * Jammu South * Jammu West * Jourian * Kharah Balli * Khour * Maira Mandrian * Mandal * Marh * Nagrota * Pargwal * Ranbir Singh Pura * Suchetgarh There are 20 Blocks: * Akhnoor * Arnia * Bhalwal * Bhalwal Brahmana * Bishnah * Chowki Choura * Dansal * Khour * Kharah Balli * Maira Mandrian * Mandal * Marh * Mathwar * Miran Sahib * Nagrota * Pargwal * R.S. Pura * Samwan * Satwari * Suchetgarh Demographics According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of H ...
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Districts Of Jammu And Kashmir
The Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir consists of two divisions: Jammu Division and Kashmir Division, and is further divided into 20 districts: History Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir Prior to 1947, Kashmir was a princely state under the paramountcy of the British Indian Empire. The central part of the princely state was administratively divided into the provinces Jammu and Kashmir. In addition there were frontier districts and semi-autonomous ''jagirs'' (principalities). They were subdivided as follows: * Kashmir province: Districts of Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla and Muzaffarabad. (Muzzafarabad later became part of Azad Kashmir.) * Internal ''jagirs'': Poonch (half of it later became part of Azad Kashmir), Chenani and Bhaderwah *Jammu province: Districts of Jammu, Udhampur and Mirpur (later became part of Azad Kashmir) * Frontier districts: :*Ladakh district with three sub-districts: Leh, Kargil and Skardu (Skardu later became part of Gilgit-Baltistan. ...
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