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Also known as Anantnāg

district of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Key facts

Administering country
India
Union territory
Jammu and Kashmir
Division
Kashmir
Headquarters
Anantnag
Tehsils
Anantnag Anantnag East Mattan Bijbehara Shangas Kokernag Larnoo Dooru Shahbadballa Qazigund Pahalgam Saller Srigufwara
Lok sabha constituency
Anantnag - Rajouri
Mp
Mian Altaf Larvi , JKNC
Vidhan sabha constituencies
7 constituencies
Deputy commissioner dc dm ddc
Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid ( IAS )
Total
3,574 km (1,380 sq mi)
Density
301.8/km (781.7/sq mi)
Literacy
62.69%
Sex ratio
927 ♀ / 1000 ♂
Official
Kashmiri , Urdu , Hindi , Dogri , English
Time zone
UTC+05:30 ( IST )
Vehicle registration
JK-03
Major highways
NH 44 , NH 244 , NH 501
Average annual precipitation
747 mm

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
India
Capital
Anantnag
Population
1078692
Area
3574
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Shares border with
Doda district
Official website
anantnag.gov.in
Image
Srinagar to Pahalgam - vrvvkbjk2k23iph (277).jpg
Households
153640
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Commons category
Anantnag district
topic's main category
Category:Anantnag district
male population
559767
female population
518925
urban population
282887
rural population
795805
literate population
545532
illiterate population
533160
short name
ATG
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Encyclopedic overview

Anantnag district is an administrative district of India-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.

It is one of ten districts which make up the Kashmir Valley. The district headquarters is Anantnag city. As of 2011, it was the third most populous district of Jammu and Kashmir (out of 22), after Jammu and Srinagar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anantnag district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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