Budgam district

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Budgam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Budgam
| native_name = Badgom
| native_name_lang = [[Koshur]]
| other_name = Badgam
| nickname = Jackals Cave
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| image_skyline = File:Doodhpathri pastures Jammu Kasmir India May 2014.jpg
| image_alt = A flock of sheep on a green meadow, with woods in the background
| image_caption = Doodhpathri pastures in Budgam district
| image_map = Jammu and Kashmir Budgam district.svg
| map_caption = Location of Budgam district in Jammu and Kashmir
| coordinates = {{coord|34|1|12|N|74|46|48|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1979
| founder = [[Aga Syed Yousuf]]
| named_for = Large Village
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Budgam]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = {{olist |[[Budgam]] |[[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]] |[[Chadoora]] |[[Khan Sahib]] |[[Charari Sharief]] |[[Bagati Kani Pora|B K Pora]] |[[Khag]] |[[Soibugh]]|[[Narbal]] |[[Magam]] }}
| government_type = [[District Development Council]] Of [[Budgam]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 1,370
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| leader_title = DDC Chairman
| leader_name = Nazir Ahmed Khan
| population_total = 753,745
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = 537
| population_demonym = Badgaime
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]],
[[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 191111
| registration_plate = JK04
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1.13250283 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 57.98%
| blank_name_sec2 = Villages
| blank_info_sec2 = [[Ichgam]], [[Khan Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Dooniwari]], [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]], Gariend Khurd[[Kandoora]][[Kandoora]] [[Chadoora]], Parnewa, [[Wahabpora]], wadwan bandgam (famous for its karewa, naarwuder bajmarg haren nandwuder it is a "valley inside the valley"
| website = {{URL|budgam.nic.in/}}
| footnotes =
| official_name =
| governing_body = District Development Council
}}
'''Budgam district''' is a [[district]] in the Indian-administered [[union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. Created in 1979 with its headquarters at [[Budgam]], it is the district with the largest population of [[Shias]] in the [[Kashmir valley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/are-kashmiri-shias-the-next-pandits/|title=Are Kashmiri Shias The Next Pandits?|date=14 November 2013|access-date=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621185324/http://www.tehelka.com/are-kashmiri-shias-the-next-pandits/|archive-date=21 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Administration==
Budgam district is the closest district to the union territory capital [[Srinagar]] (11 km). Budgam district came into existence in 1979, prior to which it was part of Srinagar district. In former times, Budgam was a part of [[Baramulla district]], when Srinagar itself was a constituent of the [[Anantnag district]]. It was then known as tehsil [[Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir|Sri Pratap]]. Historical records suggests that Budgam was also referred to as Pargana Deesu. According to the well-known chronicler Khawaja Azam Demari, the area was also known as Deedmarbag. Budgam district borders the districts of Baramullah and Srinagar in the north, Pulwama in the south and Poonch in the south west.

In 2008, Budgam district consisted of eight blocks.<ref>{{citation |url=http://jkrd.nic.in/listAllDistricts.pdf |title=Statement showing the number of blocks in respect of 22 Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State including newly Created Districts, as on 31-03-2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910092544/http://jkrd.nic.in/listAllDistricts.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2008 |date=13 March 2008 |access-date=30 August 2008}}</ref> Currently, the district consists of seventeen blocks: [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]], [[Budgam]], [[Bagati Kani Pora|B.K.Pora]], [[Chadoora]], [[Charari Sharief]], [[Khag, Jammu and Kashmir|Khag]], [[Khan Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir|Khansahib]], [[Nagam, Jammu and Kashmir|Nagam]], [[Narbal]], Pakherpora, Parnewa, [[Rathsoon]], [[Soibugh]], Sukhnag, Surasyar, S.K.Pora and Waterhail.<ref>It consists of seventeen blocks: [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]], [[Budgam]], [[Bagati Kani Pora|B.K.Pora]], [[Chadoora]], [[Charari Sharief]], [[Khag, Jammu and Kashmir|Khag]], [[Khan Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir|Khansahib]], [[Nagam, Jammu and Kashmir|Nagam]], [[Narbal]], Pakherpora, Parnewa, [[Rathsoon]], [[Soibugh]], Sukhnag, Surasyar, S.K.Pora and Waterhail.</ref> Each block consists of a number of [[panchayat]]s.

The district is subdivided into the nine [[tehsil]]s of [[Charari Sharief]] Tehsil, [[Magam]] tehsil, [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah Tehsil]], Budgam Tehsil, [[Chadoora]] Tehsil, [[Khan Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir|Khansahib]] Tehsil, [[Khag, Jammu and Kashmir|Khag Tehsil]], BK Pora Tehsil and [[Narbal]] Tehsil.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/ERos_AERos.html |title=ERO's and AERO's |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=2008-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022185235/http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/eros_aeros.html |archive-date=2008-10-22 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://budgam.nic.in/tehsil/|title = Tehsil | District Budgam , Government of Jammu & Kashmir | India}}</ref>

== Other details ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Number of Sub-division || 03
|-
|Number of Municipalities || 06
|-
|Number of Tehsils || 09
|-
|Number of Blocks || 17
|-
|Number of Gram Panchayats || 281
|-
|Number of villages || 510
|}

==Demography==
{{Bar box
|title=Religion in Budgam district (2011)<ref name="census2011-C01"/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{Bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|97.65}}
{{Bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|1.34}}
{{Bar percent|Sikhism|darkkhaki|0.74}}
{{Bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.27}}
}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Budgam district (2011)<ref name="census2011-C16"/>
|label1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] |value1 = 94.78 |color1 = lightgreen
|label2 = [[Gujari language|Gojri]] |value2 = 3.01 |color2 = tomato
|label3 = Others |value3 = 2.21 |color3 = grey
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Budgam district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 735,753<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url =https://budgam.nic.in/| title = District Census 2011: Badgam District | access-date = 15 January 2021| year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Guyana]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Guyana 744,768
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Alaska]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Alaska 710,231
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2011-01-01
}}</ref> making it 494th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} The district has a population density of {{convert|554|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.14%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Badgam has a [[sex ratio]] of 883 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 56.08% (males 66.30%, females 44.85%),<ref name=districtcensus/> an increase from 42.20% (males 53.13%, females 30.29%) in 2001.<ref name=districtcensus/> Literacy is higher in urban areas (average 68.87%, male 79.46%, female 55.38%) than in rural areas (average 54.01%, male 64.00%, female 43.29%).<ref name=districtcensus/>
{{bar box
|title=Sex Ratio in Badgam District in 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C01"/><br />(no. females per 1,000 males)
|float=left
|width=360px
|left1=Religion (and population)
|right1=Sex Ratio
|bars=
{{bar pixel|Muslim (pop 736,054)|green|91.541||915 }}
{{bar pixel|Hindu (pop 10,110)|orange|10.867||109 }}
{{bar pixel|Sikh (pop 5,559)|yellow|67.389||674 }}
{{bar pixel|Other (pop 2,022)|grey|53.182||532 }}
{{bar pixel|Total (pop 753,745)|black|89.364||894 }}
}}

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! colspan=10 | Budgam district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C01">{{cite report |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community – Jammu & Kashmir |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW01C-01%20MDDS.XLS |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
!|
!| Hindu
!| Muslim
!| Christian
!| Sikh
!| Buddhist
!| Jain
!| Other
!| Not stated
!| Total
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Total
|| 10,110 || 736,054 || 1,489 || 5,559 || 47 || 6 || 2 || 478 || 753,745
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
|| 1.34% || 97.65% || 0.20% || 0.74% || 0.01% || 0.00% || 0.00% || 0.06% || 100.00%
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Male
|| 9,119 || 384,281 || 965 || 3,321 || 36 || 4 || 1 || 314 || 398,041
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Female
|| 991 || 351,773 || 524 || 2,238 || 11 || 2 || 1 || 164 || 355,704
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Gender ratio (% female)
|| 9.8% || 47.8% || 35.2% || 40.3% || 23.4% || 33.3% || 50.0% || 34.3% || 47.2%
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| Sex ratio <br /><small>(no. of females per 1,000 males)</small>
|| 109 || 915 || 543 || 674 || – || – || – || – || 894
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Urban
|| 7,502 || 89,111 || 561 || 635 || 26 || 3 || 0 || 74 || 97,912
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Rural
|| 2,608 || 646,943 || 928 || 4,924 || 21 || 3 || 2 || 404 || 655,833
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | % Urban
|| 74.2% || 12.1% || 37.7% || 11.4% || 55.3% || 50.0% || 0.0% || 15.5% || 13.0%
|-
|}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 94.78% of the population in the district spoke [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] and 3.01% [[Gujari language|Gojri]] as their first language.<ref name="census2011-C16">{{cite report|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0100.XLSX|title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>

[[Shia]]s form 20% of Budgam district's population;<ref name=ThePrint-27Sep19/> almost 90% of the urban population of the district are Shia,<ref name=ThePrint-27Sep19/> whilst the majority of the rural population of the district are [[Sunni]].<ref name=ThePrint-27Sep19>{{Cite news |last1=Iyer-Mitra |first1=Abhijit|date=27 September 2019 |title=After scrapping of Article 370, Shias in Kashmir are in a state of relief and caution |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/after-scrapping-of-article-370-shias-in-kashmir-are-in-a-state-of-relief-and-caution/297510/ |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=[[ThePrint]] |language=en}}</ref>

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== Education ==
There are 590 schools in Budgam, both [[Private school|private]] and [[State school|public]], 33 of which are [[High school|Higher Secondary Schools]].
There are Government Degree Colleges at;

There are 590 schools in Budgam, both [[Private school|private]] and [[State school|public]], 33 of which are [[High school|Higher Secondary Schools]].↵There are 6 Government Degree Colleges at;

# Government Degree College Beerwah
# Government Degree College Khansahib
# Government Degree College Magam
# Sheikh ul Aalam Memorial Degree College Budgam
# Model Degree College Chrar e Sharif
# Government Degree College chadoora.

== Railways ==
Budgam district has three railway stations: [[Budgam railway station|Budgam]], Nadigam and [[Mazhom railway station|Mazhom]], which are all on the [[Jammu–Baramulla line]].

[[Budgam railway station]] is located in [[Ompora]] town nearly {{cvt|2.5|km}} from Budgam's district headquarters and {{cvt|9|km}} from [[Srinagar]]'s city centre, [[Lal Chowk|Lalchowk]]. It is the biggest railway station in Kashmir division. This railway station has the administrative head controlling the rail service in the Kashmir valley.

== Health care ==
[[Budgam]] mainly rely on the Hospitals of Capital City Of [[Srinagar]] But Contain One [[District Hospital]] In Budgam City One Sub District Hospitals respectively in [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]] , [[Khan Sahib]], [[Magam]], [[Chadoora]].Outside Budgam railway station, there is a big hospital, named Ibn-Sina Hospital, which is Budgam district's first private hospital.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 January 2018 |title=Private hospitals need to evolve in emergency care: Akhtar |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/health/private-hospitals-need-to-evolve-in-emergency-care-akhtar/|access-date=3 March 2021 |work=[[Greater Kashmir]] |language=en |first1=Saqib |last1=Malik }}</ref>

==Attractions==
[[File:Doodhpathri southwest Jammu Kashmir India (8).jpg|thumb|280px|Valley in Budgam district]]
[[Budgam]] contains the only [[airport]] in [[Kashmir valley]] at ''[[Ichgam]]''. The district's main tourist attractions are [[Doodhpathri]], [[Yusmarg]], [[Tosa Maidan|Tosamaidan]], Nilnag, [[Khag, Jammu and Kashmir|Khag]] and Pehjan. District Budgam offers many stunning locales and has tremendous
tourism potential that has largely remained untapped so far. The attractive places that can be visited are
[[Doodhpathri]], [[Yousmarg]], [[Tosa Maidan|Tosamaidan]],
Nilnag and [[Khag, Jammu and Kashmir|Khag]].
[[Kani Shawl]] adomed the caesar's court and was looked upon by Mughals and later by Nawabs as mark of nobility. In 1776, [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] presented a Kani shawl to his wife Josephine and with that took off a new fashion trend in Europe.
The revered shrine of [[Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali]] can also be found in the Charari Sharief Tehsil of Budgam district. Asia's oldest/largest Chinar resides at Chattergam Budgam. [[Aga Sahib Shrine]] and [[Tomb of Shams-ud-Din Araqi]] are also situated in this district.

==Notable people==

* [[ Nund Rishi]],
* [[ Shamas Faqir]],
* [[Samad Mir]],
* [[Aga Syed Yusuf Al-Moosavi Al-Safavi]],
* [[Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi]]
* [[Aga Syed Mohammad Fazlullah]]
* [[Aga Mir Syed Mohammad Baqir Mosavi]]
* [[Aga Syed Mustafa Al-Moosavi]]
* [[Aga Syed Mehdi]]
* [[Aga Syed Mohsin]]

== See also ==
* [[Kupwara district]]
* [[Ganderbal district]]
* [[Anantnag district]]
* [[Pulwama district]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://budgam.nic.in/ Official website of Budgam district]
* [http://www.risingkashmir.in/news/shia-–sunny-unity-conference-held-in-budgam-28780.aspx Risingkashmir.in] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705075319/http://www.risingkashmir.in/news/shia-%E2%80%93sunny-unity-conference-held-in-budgam-28780.aspx |date=5 July 2020 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121004014448/http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Sep/10/mufti-azam-khawaja-farooq-renzu-ors-address-aspirants-34.asp Greaterkashmir.com]
* [http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=1875 Kashmirtimes.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120710040428/http://kashmirwatch.com/news.php/2012/05/05/qazi-yasir-blames-ai-for-diverting-people-from-anti-india-sentiment.html Kashmirwatch.com]
* [https://archive.today/20130415042141/http://kashmirmonitor.org/06192012-ND-pairwan-e-vilayat-holds-shia-sunni-unity-conference-28542.aspx Kashmirmonitor.org]
* [http://taghribnews.com/vdcipza3.t1a5u2lict.html Taghribnews.com]

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