Udhampur district

Udhampur district
District
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir

Udhampur is a district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It covers an area of 4,550 square kilometers in the Himalayan mountains. Udhampur town is the headquarters of this district.

At an elevation of 1,584 m, Vaishno Devi cave near Katra is an important shrine for the Hindus and the most famous tourist attraction of the district. Vaishno Devi in 2011 was visited by over 10 million pilgrims. At an elevation of 2,024 m the mountain resort of Patnitop and the temple at Sudh Mahadev believed to be over 2800 years old, are other popular tourist attractions of the district. Major attractions in Udhampur city include Gole Market, Devika Ghats, Jakhani Park, Ramnagar chowk (Pandav mandir and Kachalu), Salain Talab, and the Main Bazar.

The major languages spoken in the district are Dogri, Hindi, Urdu, and Gojri.

Temperature varies considerably in the Udhampur District, as the altitude ranges from 600 m to 3,000 m. Chenab, Ans, Tawi and Ujh are the main rivers. The district is rich in minerals such as coal, bauxite, gypsum and lime-stone.

Udhampur district comprises seven tehsils (Chenani, Ramnagar Tehsil, Majalta and seven blocks, namely, Dudu Basantgarh, Gordi, Chenani, Bajalta, Panchari, Ramnagar and Udhampur. Each block consists of a number of panchayats.

The 2001 census indicates the population of the district to be 459,486. There are 871 females for every 1000 males in the district. The overall literacy rate is 54.16%, with 66.43% for males and 39.89% for females. The majority of the population of the district practice Hinduism. The majority are Dogras in this district. There are a large number of nomadic Gujjars and Bakarwals present in the district as well.

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