Khan Sahib | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
Pushpin Map Alt: | 1st |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Coordinates: | 33.9563°N 74.6653°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Budgam |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | It is located 17 km from main district headquarters. It is one of the 5 constitutiencies of badgam . It is the capital area of famous tourist spot Dodhpathri. It has 300 villages in its jurisdiction. Nuner Budgam is one of them which is famous for many things including mushk badaj, an aromatic rice. The Nuner is located 8 km from Budgam district headquarters. The village has old history dating back to 400 yrs old. Nuner is famous for The Shrine of Hazrat Syed Yaqoob Shah Sahib. |
Population Total: | 13698 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Rank: | 8th |
Population Density Km2: | 32 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1] [2] |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | JK04 |
Khan Sahib is a town sub-district and a notified area committee in Budgam district in the central Kashmir, union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India.[3] [4] In 2008, Government Degree College, Khansahib was established in the town to cater to the needs of rural population.[5] [6]
Khan Sahib Tehsil had a population of 123,312 India census.[7] Female Sex Ratio is of 920 against state average of 889. With 26% of the population being under 6 years of age, the child Sex Ratio in Khansahib is around 882 compared to Jammu and Kashmir state average of 920.
Population | 123,312 | 64,227 | 59,085 | |
Literacy | 50.8%% | 45.2% | 29.3% | |
Children of age 0-6 | 32,070 | 17,037 | 15,033 | |
Schedule Caste | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Schedule Tribe | 11,232 | 5,733 | 5,499 | |
Main Workers | 16,030 | 14,135 | 1,895 | |
Marginal Workers | 12,453 | 8,334 | 4,129 | |
Non Working | 94,819 | 41,758 | 53,061 |
Municipal Committee Khansahib is a local body which administrates the town of Khansahib in Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It has 7 elected members. Its last elections took place on 8 October 2018.
Keys:
Name | Municipal Ward | Reservation Status | Party | |
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1 | Parveen Akhter | Shah Mohalla | Women Open | Independent |
2 | Bashir Ahmed Nazar | Malpora | Open | Independent |
3 | Tanvir Gul | Syed Soliyah Colony | Open | Independent |
4 | Ateeqa | Astan Mohalla | Women Open | Independent |
5 | Mohd. Iqbal Shah | Mukdam Mohalla | Open | Independent |
6 | Fayad Ahmed Shah | Iqbal Colony | Open | Independent |
7 | Irfan Ah. Khan | Umer Colony | Open | Independent |