Srinagar district
District of Jammu and Kashmir, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Srinagar. For other uses, see Srinagar (disambiguation).
The Srinagar District is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.[1] It is one of the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Situated in the centre of the Kashmir Valley, it is the second-most populous district of the union territory after Jammu District as per the 2011 national census,[5] and is home to the summer capital city of Srinagar (with the city of Jammu serving as the territory's winter capital).[6] Likewise, the city of Srinagar also serves as the Srinagar District's headquarters.
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Srinagar District | |
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Coordinates (Srinagar): 34°05′N 74°50′E | |
Administering country | India |
Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
Headquarters | Srinagar |
Tehsils |
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Government | |
• District Magistrate | Mohammad Aijaz (IAS) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,979 km2 (764 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,250,173 |
• Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[3][4] |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Literacy | 69.41% |
Website | http://srinagar.nic.in/ |
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