| Voice of Udhampur
: Manoj Kumar Sharma
Udhampur is a backward and remote district
Women face lot of hardships in Udhampur.
Their literacy is very low.
People live in utmost poverty.
The masses hardly have any employment opportunities.
Udhampur District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4550.0 Km2
Population in Udhampur (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 555357
Male : 298094
Female : 257263
Under 6 population
Total : 82638
Male : 43801
Female : 38837
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 22183
In seeing : 14604
In speech : 1501
In hearing : 1356
In movement : 3168
Mental : 1554
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : Does not figure in list of 447 backward
districts
Sex Ratio Rank : 65
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 400 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 453 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Udhampur District
Udhampur is the 5th largest Distt. of the J &
K state and is situated in the southern part of the state. It is
bound by Anantnag in the north, northeast by Doda, southeast by
Kathua and southwest by Jammu. It has five tehsils viz. Udhampur,
Ramnagar, Reasi, Chenani and Gool Gulabgarh. Adminstrative headquarters
are in Udhampur at a distance of 66 kms from Jammu on the National
highway. |
