About Baramulla District

Baramulla District is one among 22 Districts of Jammu & Kashmir State ,India. Baramulla District Administrative head quarter is Baramulla. It is is Located 52 KM East towards State capital Srinagar, Jammu . Baramulla District population is 1015503. It is 4 th Largest District in the State by population.

Geography and Climate Baramulla District

It is Located at Latitude-34.2, Longitude-74.3. Baramulla District is sharing border with Badgam District to the East , Kupwara District to the North , Poonch District to the South . Baramulla District occupies an area of approximately 4190 square kilometres. . Its in the 1589 meters to 1577 meters elevation range.This District belongs to Northern India .

Climate of Baramulla District

It is very cold in summer also. Baramulla District summer highest day temperature is in between 3 ° C to 27° C .
Average temperatures of January is -2 ° C , February is 0 ° C , March is 5 ° C , April is 8 ° C , May is 13 ° C .

DemoGraphics of Baramulla District

Kashmiri is the Local Language here. Also People Speaks Gujari, Urdu, Hindi And Punjabi . Baramulla District is divided into 12 Tehsils , 99 Panchayats , 375 Villages. Pattan Tehsil is the Smallest Tehsil by population with 188879 population. Sopore Tehsil is the Biggest Tehsil by population with 266712 population.

Census 2011 of Baramulla District

Baramulla district Total population is 1015503 according to census 2011.Males are 542180 and Females are 473323 .Literate people are 671857 among total.Its total area is 4190 km². It is the 4 th largest district in the state by Population . But 6 th Largest District in the state By Area. 438 th Largest District in the Country By Population. 10 th highest District in the State By literacy rate. 454 th highest District in the Country By literacy rate.its literacy Rate is 66.93

Baramulla District Tourism

This district consist of hill Stations and and Tourist destination.Its famous for hill tourism ,very cool and chilled weather with greenery.
Baramulla , Gulmarg , Lolab Valley , Watlab , Wular Lake , Manasbal Lake , Manimarg , Alpather Lake , alpine lake , Baba Reshi Lolab Valley , Kalaroos valley , Potnai valley , Wular Lake , Watlab Dal Lake , Baba Shukurddin are the Tourist destinations to Visit.

Baramulla Transport

Road Transport

District Headquarters Baramulla is well connected by road . Baramula , Sopore are the Cities in this district having road connectivity to major towns and remote villages. Baramulla is about 52 KM by road to Srinagar, Jammu( Capital of Jammu & Kashmir )

Rail Transport

Some of the rail way stations in district are Sopore , Hamre , Pattan , Baramulla .... which connects most of the towns and villages in the District.

Bus Transport

Jammu & Kashmir State Road Transportation ( JKSRTC) runs Busses from Major cities to Towns and Villages in this District.