Anantnag district
Anantnag district | |
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District | |
Anantnag district is in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region It is in the Kashmir division (bordered in neon blue). | |
Interactive map of Anantnag district | |
| Coordinates: 33°44′40″N 75°11′30″E / 33.74444°N 75.19167°E | |
| Administering country | India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Division | Kashmir |
| Headquarters | Anantnag |
| Tehsils | |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha Constituency | Anantnag - Rajouri |
| • MP | Mian Altaf Larvi, JKNC |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 7 constituencies |
| • Deputy Commissioner (DC/DM/DDC) | Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid (IAS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,574 km2 (1,380 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,078,692 |
| • Density | 301.8/km2 (781.7/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 62.69% |
| • Sex ratio | 927 ♀/ 1000 ♂ |
| Languages | |
| • 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 |
| Website | anantnag |
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.