Anantnag Tahsil, with population of about 3.6 lakh is Anantnag district's the most populous sub district, located in Anantnag district of the state Jammu & Kashmir in India. There are 82 villages in the sub district, among them Nanilang is the most populous village with population of 8285 and Mush Khasa Rasool Khandi is the least populous village with population of 63. Ranbir Pora is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 8 km2 and Chithi Manzhama is the smallest with 0 km2.
There are 5 cities in the sub district which comes under the sub district administration, those are - Anantnag (M Cl + OG) (Part) Municipal Council and Out Growth; Anantnag (M Cl) Municipal Council; Achhabal (MC), Mattan (MC) and Seer Hamdan (MC) Municipal Committees.
Demographics
The sub district is home to about 3.6 lakh people, among them about 1.9 lakh (51%) are male and about 1.8 lakh (49%) are female. 99% of the whole population are from general caste, 0% are from schedule caste and 1% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Anantnag tahsil is 17%, among them 54% are boys and 46% are girls. There are about 49 thousand households in the sub district and an average 7 persons live in every family.
The majority of the population, nearly 51% (about 1.9 lakh) live in Anantnag Sub District urban part and 49% (about 1.8 lakh) population live in the Anantnag Sub District rural part.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
364,763 |
360,174 |
202 |
4,387 |
60,971 |
| Male |
187,703 |
185,190 |
201 |
2,312 |
33,179 |
| Female |
177,060 |
174,984 |
1 |
2,075 |
27,792 |
Religion wise distribution of population
Muslims contribute 98% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district followed by Hindus which contribute 1% of the total population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Muslims are 965 in Hindus are 102.
|
Total |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Christian |
Sikh |
Buddhist |
Jain |
Others |
Not Stated |
| Total |
364,763 |
4,659 |
355,981 |
570 |
3,295 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
239 |
| Male |
187,703 |
4,229 |
181,204 |
327 |
1,779 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
149 |
| Female |
177,060 |
430 |
174,777 |
243 |
1,516 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
Growth of population
Population of the sub district has decreased by -7.1% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 3.9 lakh. Female population growth rate of the sub district is -4% which is 5.8% higher than male population growth rate of -9.8%. General caste population has increased by 3.3%; Schedule caste population has decreased by -37.3%; Schedule Tribe population has decreased by -89.9% and child population has increased by 12.6% in the sub district since last census.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
-7.1% |
3.3% |
-37.3% |
-89.9% |
12.6% |
| Male |
-9.8% |
0.2% |
-31.9% |
-90% |
19.3% |
| Female |
-4% |
6.6% |
-96.3% |
-89.8% |
5.6% |
Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 943 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 945, in schedule caste is 5 and in schedule tribe is 897. There are 838 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has increased by 57 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 108 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.
|
Total |
General |
SC |
ST |
Child |
| Change |
57 |
57 |
-87 |
20 |
-108 |
| 2011 |
943 |
945 |
5 |
897 |
838 |
| 2001 |
886 |
888 |
92 |
877 |
946 |
Literacy
Total about 2.1 lakh people in the sub district are literate, among them about 1.2 lakh are male and about 89 thousand are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Anantnag is 70%. 79% of male and 60% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 20%. Male literacy has gone up by 18% and female literacy rate has gone up by 22%.
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Change |
19.6% |
18.3% |
22.2% |
| 2011 |
69.6% |
79.1% |
59.8% |
| 2001 |
50% |
60.8% |
37.6% |
Workers profile
Anantnag has 37% (about 1.3 lakh) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 45% male and 28% female population are working population. 32% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 12% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 4% of total female population are main and 24% are marginal workers.
|
Worker (Among total population) |
Main Worker (Among workers) |
Marginal Worker (Among workers) |
Non Worker (Among total population) |
| Total |
36.7% |
18.5% |
18.2% |
63.3% |
| Male |
44.6% |
32.2% |
12.4% |
55.4% |
| Female |
28.3% |
4.1% |
24.3% |
71.7% |