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Jammu and Kashmir districts

Jammu and Kashmir

Ramban

2,83,713
people at the 2011 Census · 1.49 L male, 1.35 L female

Population

Population
2.84 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
4.16%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
54.27%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
68.82%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
38.04%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
30.78 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
902 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
925 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
19.42%India 13.59%
SC %
4.91%India 16.63%
ST %
14.02%India 8.63%
Household
5.11India 4.85

Work

Workers
30.74%India 39.80%
Female Work
13.92%India 25.52%
Main Workers
59.68%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
69.26%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Ramban in context

With 2,83,713 people at the 2011 Census, Ramban was the 573rd most populous of India's 640 districts and the 18th most populous of Jammu and Kashmir's 22. That is 2.3% of everyone living in Jammu and Kashmir at the time.

Literacy stood at 54.27%, 18.7 points below the national 72.98% — 12.9 points below the Jammu and Kashmir average. That ranked it 611th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 30.8 points, 14.5 points above the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 902 women per 1,000 men (13 above the Jammu and Kashmir figure of 889).

30.7% of the population were recorded as workers, 3.7 points below the Jammu and Kashmir rate. Female work participation was 13.9%, 5.2 points below the state figure.

Ramban contained 3 towns. The largest was Batote (MC), with 4,315 people. That put 4.2% of the district in urban areas, 23.2 points below the Jammu and Kashmir share of 27.4%.

Towns in Ramban

Ramban has 3 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in Ramban by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Batote (MC)4,31586.22%734 / 1000
Banihal (MC)3,90083.77%590 / 1000
Ramban (MC)3,59682.23%920 / 1000