Population Censes

District Pulwama extending over an area of 1090 sq. kms comprising of 323 census villages. It has a total population of 5.70(P) lakhs as per the census of 2011. T

he population of the district as per 1991 has been estimated to 5.16 lakhs. The district has recorded population growth rate of 29.18% during the decade (2001-11)

Population is mostly rural & 12.70% of it resides in towns. The biggest ethnic group is Muslim accounting for 95.88 % of population followed by Hindus 2.50 % & others 1.62 %. As per 2001 census working force accounts for 23.77 % of population. The main occupation engaging in the work force are cultivators, Manufacturing & processing & other than household sectors & Agriculture lab our engaging 79.84 % of the working force. Details of population by Tehsils, Blocks, Rural and Urban areas, religious, age group, distribution of working force etc. are given in this chapter.

*Census*	*Rural/urban*	*Total population*
		Person	Male	Female
1961	Total	245671	132927	112744
	Rural	234098	126721	107377
	Urban	11573	6206	5267
1971	Total	314158	169771	144387
	Rural	291275	157544	133731
	Urban	22883	12227	10656
1981	Total	404078	213093	190985
	Rural	367799	194025	173774
	Urban	26279	19068	12211
1991	Total (Rural)	516447
(Estimated)	(Urban)
2011	Total	5.70	2.98	2.72

COMPOSITON OF POPULATION

The population of the district as per census 1981 was 4.04 lacs which has increased to 5.16 lacs in 1991 with the density of 369 persons per sq.km. the tehsil wise breakup of the population as per census in 2001 is given as under:-

S.NO	Name of Tehsil	Population
	Pulwama	Male	Female	Total
1	Pulwama	131573	120506	252079
2	Tral	58902	57112	116014
3	Pampore	35407	33828	69235
4	Awantipora
	Total		314156	648762

S.NO:	Name of the Block	Population in lacs
1	Kakapora	0.64
2	Keller	0..53
3	Pampore	0.51
4	Pulwama	1.05
5	Tral	1.12
6	Urban Area	0.74

`	Grand total	6.49

Note:- The population of Urban areas shown above includes the population of NACs Awantipora, Khrew, Pulwama, Shopian, Tral & Pampore. The population is dominated by the Muslim Ethnic Race.

S. No	Tehsils	Musl- ims	Hindus	Sikhs	Cristians	Budhists	Oth-ers	Total	Out of which SC /ST
1	Pulwama (including Pampore)	196164	5323	783	--	---	--	202270	22
2	Pampore (tehsil pampoer came in to being after 1981)
3	Shopian	122584	3326	113	--	--	--	126023	--
4	Tral	68666	1447	5672	--	--	--	75785	--
	Total	387414	10096	6568	--	--	--	404078	22
	%age	95.88	2.50	1.62	--	--	--	100 %	--
2001 census	Total	430416	2782	7953	22	80	19	441275	10649

Census Year	Type	Population
Census Year	Type	Total Persons	Male	Female
2011	Rural	491370	254591	236779
2011	Urban	78690	43378	35312
	Total	570060	297969	272091

The Hindus population has almost migrated from the valley to Jammu and other parts of the country due to the prevailing situation in the valley. The distribution of population as per age groups is given as under:-

Age group (years)	Male	Female	Total
All ages	227188	214087	441275
0-4	18527	16333	34860
5-9	30017	28712	58729
10-14	33459	31288	64747
15-19	27753	26604	54357
20-24	19063	18446	37509
25-29	15407	15041	30448
30-34	14407	13835	28242
35-38	14983	14583	29566
40+ above	53572	49245	102817
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75-79
80-84
85-89
90-94
95-99
100+
Age not stated	22	13	35

			Rural	(pop)		Urban	(pop)		Total	(R+U)
S.No	Census year	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1.	1971	72	1	73	….	…	….	72	1	73
2.	1981	15	7	22	…	…	….	15	7	22
3	2001	35		35	60	2	62	95	2	97

			Rural	(pop)		Urban	(pop)		Total	(R+U)
S.No	Census year	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2001	5501	55033	10534	15	3	18	5516	5036	10552

COMPOSITON OF POPULATION

Population in lacs

Grand total