Samba district

Samba district
District
Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates: 32°33′N 75°07′E / 32.550°N 75.117°ECoordinates: 32°33′N 75°07′E / 32.550°N 75.117°E
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
Headquarters	Samba
Area
• Total	1,002 km^2 (387 sq mi)
Population
• Total	318,898
• Density	320/km^2 (820/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Urdu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Website	www.samba.gov.in

Samba District is a newly formed district in the Indian administered state of Jammu and Kashmir. Before the formation of this district, the area now under the district was part of Jammu district. Now the district itself covers Samba town and adjoining tehsils namely, Vijaypur and village Supwal, Gahwal. Historically Samba consist of 22 native towns (also known as Mandi), each consist of a separate family. The district is separated from the Jammu district by "Purmandal Bridge". Muslims make up just under 6% of total population according to 2001 India census.Samba town is situated on the stream Basantar.

Administration

Samba district consists of four blocks: Samba, Vijaypur, Purmandal, and Ghagwal.^[1] Each block consists of a number of GREF panchayats. The biggest village is Rajpura.

Politics

Samba District has two assembly constituencies: Samba (reserved for scheduled castes (SC)) and Vijaypur.^[2] Both the assembly constituencies are part of Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Samba District has a population of 318,611,^[4] roughly equal to the nation of The Bahamas.^[5] This gives it a ranking of 568th in India (out of a total of 640).^[4] The district has a population density of 318 inhabitants per square kilometre (820/sq mi) .^[4] Its population growth rate over the decade of 2001 to 2011 was 16.9%.^[4] Samba has a sex ratio of 886 females for every 1,000 males,^[4] and a literacy rate of 82.48%.^[4]

References

1. Statement showing the number of blocks in respect of 22 Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State including newly Created Districts dated 2008-03-13, accessed 2008-08-30
2. "ERO's and AERO's". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
3. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
4. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
5. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Bahamas, The 313,312 line feed character in |quote= at position 13 (help)