Kulgam district

Kulgam district
—  district  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Kulgam District is a district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir of India.

Administration

Kulgam district consists of 5 blocks: Quimoh, Pahloo, D.H.Pora, Devsar and Kulgam.^[1] Each block consists of a number of panchayats. Population of per Blocks as: Dist. kulgam has six important towns 1. Qaimoh 2. Frisal 3. Yaripora 4. Kulgam 5. Devsar 6. DH Pora. Five have already got municipality status and DH Pora is still get a municipality.

Administrative set up and officials^[when?] : 1. District Development Commissioner Mr. Farooq Ahmad Khan 2. S.S.P.Kulgam Mr. Mubashir Lateefi 3. Add. Distt. Dev. Comissioner Mr. M. Yousuf Zarger 4. Additional Dy. Commissioner Mr. Hafizullah 5. Asstt. Commissioner Revenue Mr. Tasaduq Ahmad 6. Chief Planning Officer Mr. Rafiq Ahmad 7. Chief Medical Officer Dr. M. Altaf Beig 8. Chief Education Officer Mr. Bashir Ahmad 9. Director, RSETI, Kulgam Mr. M.Shafi Ayaz 10. Dy.Director Employment Mr. M.M.Shakir 11.General Manager D.I.C. Mr. M.Shafiq 12. Chief Horticulture officer Mr.Najib Khan 13.Horticulture Dev. Officer(Qaimoh) Mr.Dharminder Kumar 14.Project Officer DRDA Dr. A.U. Tak 15.Ex. Engineer R&B Mr. M.Shafi

Politics

Kulgam District has 4 assembly constituencies: Noorabad, Kulgam , Homshailibugh and devsar.^[2] Homshallibugh j&K 39th assembly segment has three municipal towns, Frisal, Yaripora and Qaimoh.Yaripora is a education and health block, while qaimoh is agriculture as well as education and health blocks. Frisal has no administrative unit except a HSS School and PHC.

History

Road facility

Kulgam has following roads connecting it to various assembly segments and with NH1A ( Major District Roads)

• Wanpoh-qaimoh-kulgam Road
• Qaimoh-kadder-shopian Road
• Arwani-Frisal-Yaripora-kulgam Road
• Qazigund-Devsar-Pahloo-Kulgam Road
• Kulgam-Shopian Road
• Kulgam-Damhal- aharabal road

Other important roads are

• Yaripora-Kathpora- Munad guffan road
• Khudwani—Frisal-babpora road
• Kanjikul-Hanger-Behibagh road
• Mirbazar-Zangalpora-kelam road

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kulgam district has a population of 422,786 ,^[3] roughly equal to the nation of Malta.^[4] This gives it a ranking of 554th in India (out of a total of 640).^[3] The district has a population density of 925 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,400 /sq mi) .^[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 7.3 %.^[3] Kulgam has a sex ratio of 951 females for every 1000 males,^[3] and a literacy rate of 60.35 %.^[3]

Health facilities and education

• District Hospital at Kulgam
• Sub district hospitals at Yaripora, qaimoh and Damhall
• PHC at Frisal, Bugam, Pahloo, Devsar, Behibagh Etc.

1. Govt. degree college at Kulgam and Akhran (Devsar)
2. Higher secondary schools at Kulgam, Damhal, Devsar, Qaimoh, Frisal, Yaripora etc.
3. A number of Private run High and higher secondary schools are working in all 4 segments of district.

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. http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/ERos_AERos.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
4. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Malta 408,333 July 2011 est."