Samba district

Samba District is a newly formed district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir of India. Before the formation of this district, the area now under the district was part of Jammu district. Now the district itself covers Samba town and adjoining tehsils namely, Vijaypur and village Supwal, Gahwal. Historically Samba consist of 22 native towns (also known as Mandi), each consist of a separate family. With the majority of the people of Samba are Rajputs mainly Sambyals and because of this reason the main focus of the people of Samba is to Join Defence Forces, i.e., Indian Army, Indian Airforce, Indian Navy, Border Security Forces, ITBP, CRPF, IRF and many more. The district is separated from the Jammu district by "Purmandal Bridge". Muslims make up just under 6% of total population according to 2001 India census.

Administration

Samba district consists of four blocks: Samba, Vijaypur, Purmandal and Gagwal.^[1] Each block consists of a number of GREF panchayats.

Politics

Samba District has two assembly constituencies: Samba (reserved for Scheduled castes (SC)) and Vijaypur.^[2] Both the assembly constituencies are part of Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Samba district has a population of 318,611 ,^[4] roughly equal to the nation of The Bahamas.^[5] This gives it a ranking of 568th in India (out of a total of 640).^[4] The district has a population density of 318 inhabitants per square kilometre (820 /sq mi) .^[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.9 %.^[4] Samba has a sex ratio of 886 females for every 1000 males,^[4] and a literacy rate of 82.48 %.^[4]

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