Population
1,22,67,013 people
2011
Source & context
Census of India 2011
Total population (Census 2011 'Population' column).
Jammu & Kashmir
Union territory (with legislature) since 31 October 2019
People
how many Indians there are, and who serves them
In 2011, Jammu & Kashmir had 1,22,67,013 people.
In 2011, the recorded sex ratio was 892 females per 1,000 males.
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892 females per 1,000 males
2011
Source & context
Census of India 2011
1000 * Female / Male. Site publishes Math.round of this value. State-level values are recomputed from district-sum rollups (counts add, rates recomputed) and may differ from the state-published figure (see gender_ratio).
This state figure is its districts added together, so it can differ from the sex ratio the census published for the state itself.
Food & Health
what India eats, and how healthy it is
In 2019-21, 26.9% of children under five were recorded as stunted (low height for age).
In 2019-21, 65.9% of women aged 15–49 were recorded as anaemic.
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26.9%
2019-21
Source & context
NFHS-5 (2019-21) state/UT factsheets
NFHS-5 survey estimate (2019-21 fieldwork, phase-split: phase-1 units surveyed 2019-20, phase-2 units 2019-21), never a count or enumeration. fn 18: below -2 SD of the WHO child growth standard.
All women 15-49 who are anaemic (mixed cut-offs)
65.9%
2019-21
Source & context
NFHS-5 (2019-21) state/UT factsheets
NFHS-5 survey estimate (2019-21 fieldwork, phase-split: phase-1 units surveyed 2019-20, phase-2 units 2019-21), never a count or enumeration. Composite of pregnant (<11.0) and non-pregnant (<12.0) cut-offs, official but NOT a single-threshold rate; don't caption it '<12.0 g/dl'. Capillary caveat applies.
Living Standards
what a household owns, and what it runs on
In 2011, electric lighting reached 85.1% of households.
In 2019-21, clean cooking fuel was used by 69.2% of households.
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85.1% of households
2011
Source & context
Census of India 2011
100 * Housholds_with_Electric_Lighting (source column name sic) / households. The denominator is reconstructed from the four disjoint household-size buckets (246,692,667 nationally); the raw file's `Households` column is CENSUS HOUSES (330,835,767) and is not used.
Households using clean fuel for cooking
69.2%
2019-21
Source & context
NFHS-5 (2019-21) state/UT factsheets
NFHS-5 survey estimate (2019-21 fieldwork, phase-split: phase-1 units surveyed 2019-20, phase-2 units 2019-21), never a count or enumeration. fn 3: electricity, LPG/natural gas, biogas only. Household denominator (unlike indicators 7-9).
Home & Wealth
the house, the water that reaches it, and what it costs to live
In 2011, urban residents accounted for 27.5% of population.
In 2011, tap water was available to 64.3% of households.
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27.5% of population
2011
Source & context
Census of India 2011
100 * urban population / total population, from the Census 2011 Primary Census Abstract's own Urban and Total rows for the district (ing.census2011_pca, TOT_P). This is the census's published urban share of population, India 31.14%, Goa 62.17%. It replaced 100 * Urban_Households / Households on 2026-09-01, which was the urban share of CENSUS HOUSES (330,835,767 structures, not 246,692,667 households) shipped under a '% of households' label. State values are the district sums of the same two counts, recomputed.
Tap Water
64.3% of households
2011
Source & context
Census of India 2011
100 * Main_source_of_drinking_water_Tapwater_Households / households. The denominator is reconstructed from the four disjoint household-size buckets (246,692,667 nationally); the raw file's `Households` column is CENSUS HOUSES (330,835,767) and is not used.
Work & Enterprise
who works, at what, and what the state spends
In 2011, the worker participation rate was 34.2%.
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34.2% working
2011
Source & context
Census of India 2011
100 * Workers / Population.
Learning
who gets to school, and how far they get
In 2019-21, 51.3% of women aged 15–49 had at least ten years of schooling.
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51.3%
2019-21
Source & context
NFHS-5 (2019-21) state/UT factsheets
NFHS-5 survey estimate (2019-21 fieldwork, phase-split: phase-1 units surveyed 2019-20, phase-2 units 2019-21), never a count or enumeration. Cleaner than the literacy indicator for education comparisons.
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How this place came to be
- By 1950Already in existence at the commencement of the RepublicSource: Wikipedia (district formation research)
- 31 October 2019Status changed from State to Union territory (with legislature)Source: Wikipedia (district formation research)