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

Ramban District is a newly formed district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir of India.

Contents

1 Administration
2 Politics
3 Demographics
4 References
5 External links
6 See also

Administration

Ramban district consists of 4 blocks: Ramban, Banihal, Gool and Ramsoo and two tehsils- Ramban & Banihal.Ramban town is located along river 'Chenab' also known as 'Chanderbhaga' river on National Highway-1A(now 44) at about 150 km from Jammu and about 150 km from Srinagar making it almost a central point on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.^[1] Each block consists of a number of panchayats.

Politics

Ramban District has 2 assembly constituencies: Banihal and Ramban.^[2] a hydroelectric project is being constructed by jp industries at chanderkote about 8 km from ramban the potential of this project is 900mw and it will be completed in two phases of 450mw each.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Ramban district has a population of 283,313 ,^[3] roughly equal to the nation of Barbados.^[4] This gives it a ranking of 573rd in India (out of a total of 640).^[3] The district has a population density of 213 inhabitants per square kilometre (550 /sq mi) .^[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 31.81 %.^[3] Ramban has a sex ratio of 901 females for every 1000 males,^[3] and a literacy rate of 56.9 %.^[3] It is a Hindu majority district.

References

^ 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
^ "ERO's and AERO's". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/ERos_AERos.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Barbados 286,705 July 2011 est."

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Coordinates: 33°14′24″N 75°14′24″E / 33.24°N 75.24°E / 33.24; 75.24

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