| Kulgam district | |
| — district — | |
| Coordinates | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Kulgam District is a district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir of India.
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Kulgam district consists of 5 blocks: Quimoh, Pahloo, D.H.Pora, Devsar and Kulgam.[1] Each block consists of a number of panchayats. Population of per Blocks as: Dist. kulgam has six important towns 1. Qaimoh 2. Frisal 3. Yaripora 4. Kulgam 5. Devsar 6. DH Pora. Five have already got municipality status and DH Pora is still get a municipality.
Administrative set up and officials : 1. District Development Commissioner Mr. Farooq Ahmad Khan 2. S.S.P.Kulgam Mr. Mubashir Lateefi 3. Add. Distt. Dev. Comissioner Mr. M. Yousuf Zarger 4. Additional Dy. Commissioner Mr. Hafizullah 5. Asstt. Commissioner Revenue Mr. Tasaduq Ahmad 6. Chief Planning Officer Mr. Rafiq Ahmad 7. Chief Medical Officer Dr. M. Altaf Beig 8. Chief Education Officer Mr. Bashir Ahmad 9. Director, RSETI, Kulgam Mr. M.Shafi Ayaz 10. Dy.Director Employment Mr. M.M.Shakir 11.General Manager D.I.C. Mr. M.Shafiq 12. Chief Horticulture officer Mr.Najib Khan 13.Horticulture Dev. Officer(Qaimoh) Mr.Dharminder Kumar 14.Project Officer DRDA Dr. A.U. Tak 15.Ex. Engineer R&B Mr. M.Shafi
Kulgam District has 4 assembly constituencies: Noorabad, Kulgam , Homshailibugh and devsar.[2] Homshallibugh j&K 39th assembly segment has three municipal towns, Frisal, Yaripora and Qaimoh.Yaripora is a education and health block, while qaimoh is agriculture as well as education and health blocks. Frisal has no administrative unit except a HSS School and PHC.
Kulgam has following roads connecting it to various assembly segments and with NH1A ( Major District Roads)
Other important roads are
According to the 2011 census Kulgam district has a population of 422,786 ,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Malta.[4] This gives it a ranking of 554th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 925 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,400 /sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 7.3 %.[3] Kulgam has a sex ratio of 951 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 60.35 %.[3]
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