Jammu district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the most populous district in the Jammu division.

Administrative divisions

Jammu District has 7 Sub-Divisions:

• Jammu South
• Jammu North
• R.S. Pura
• Marh
• Akhnoor
• Chowki Choura
• Khour

There are 21 tehsils:

• Akhnoor
• Arnia
• Bahu
• Bhalwal
• Bishnah
• Chowki Choura
• Dansal
• Jammu
• Jammu North
• Jammu South
• Jammu West
• Jourian
• Kharah Balli
• Khour
• Maira Mandrian
• Mandal
• Marh
• Nagrota
• Pargwal
• Ranbir Singh Pura
• Suchetgarh

There are 20 Blocks:

• Akhnoor
• Arnia
• Bhalwal
• Bhalwal Brahmana
• Bishnah
• Chowki Choura
• Dansal
• Khour
• Kharah Balli
• Maira Mandrian
• Mandal
• Marh
• Mathwar
• Miran Sahib
• Nagrota
• Pargwal
• R.S. Pura
• Samwan
• Satwari
• Suchetgarh

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1901	291,399	—
1911	279,051	−4.2%
1921	285,361	+2.3%
1931	316,647	+11.0%
1941	364,253	+15.0%
1951	401,532	+10.2%
1961	438,810	+9.3%
1971	616,396	+40.5%
1981	792,490	+28.6%
1991	1,043,302	+31.6%
2001	1,357,077	+30.1%
2011	1,529,958	+12.7%
† 1951 and 1991 populations are estimated Source: Census of India

According to the 2011 census Jammu district has a population of 1,526,406, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 326th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 596 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,540/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.48%. Jammu has a sex ratio of 871 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.98%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 24.7% and 4.5% of the population of the district.

Jammu district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.
	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikh	Buddhist	Jain	Other	Not stated	Total
Total	1,289,240	107,489	12,104	114,272	470	1,987	321	4,075	1,529,958
	84.27%	7.03%	0.79%	7.47%	0.03%	0.13%	0.02%	0.27%	100.00%
Male	685,679	56,927	6,455	61,098	266	1,038	171	2,187	813,821
Female	603,561	50,562	5,649	53,174	204	949	150	1,888	716,137
Gender ratio (% female)	46.8%	47.0%	46.7%	46.5%	43.4%	47.8%	46.7%	46.3%	46.8%
Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males)	880	888	875	870	–	914	–	863	880
Urban	621,495	54,157	9,599	75,307	361	1,949	156	1,989	765,013
Rural	667,745	53,332	2,505	38,965	109	38	165	2,086	764,945
% Urban	48.2%	50.4%	79.3%	65.9%	76.8%	98.1%	48.6%	48.8%	50.0%

Languages

The most widely spoken language of Jammu is Dogri. Other languages spoken are Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Gojri and English.