Srinagar district

The Srinagar District is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (f) through (h) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (i) below). (a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories."; (b)  (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state."; (c)  C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947"; (d) Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute betw een India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China." (e) Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir."; (f)  (subscription required) Quote: "... China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962."; (g)  Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million. AJK has six districts: Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Bagh, Kodi, Rawalakot, and Poonch. Its capital is the town of Muzaffarabad. AJK has its own institutions, but its political life is heavily controlled by Pakistani authorities, especially the military), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control." (h) Quote: "Kashmir’s identity remains hotly disputed with a UN-supervised “Line of Control” still separating Pakistani-held Azad (“Free”) Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir."; (i)  Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'." It is one of the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Situated in the centre of the Kashmir Valley, it is the second-most populous district of the union territory after Jammu District as per the 2011 national census, and is home to the summer capital city of Srinagar (with the city of Jammu serving as the territory's winter capital). Likewise, the city of Srinagar also serves as the Srinagar District's headquarters.

Administration
Srinagar district has 2 Sub-Divisions i.e. Srinagar West and Srinagar East.

7 Tehsils are:
 * Central Shalteng
 * Chanapora/ Natipora
 * Eidgah
 * Khanyar
 * Pantha chowk
 * Srinagar North
 * Srinagar South.

This district has 4 Blocks
 * Harwan
 * Qammerwari
 * Khonmoh
 * Srinagar

These blocks consist of a number of panchayats and villages.

Politics
Srinagar District has 1 parliamentary constituency i.e. Srinagar and 8 assembly constituencies:
 * Hazratbal
 * Zadibal
 * Eidgah
 * Khanyar
 * Habba Kadal
 * Amira Kadal
 * Sonwar
 * Batmaloo

Demographics
According to the 2011 census Srinagar district has a population of 1,236,829, roughly equal to the nation of Estonia or the US state of New Hampshire. This gives it a ranking of 381st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 703 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.35%. Srinagar has a sex ratio of 900 females for every 1,000 males (this varies with religion), and a literacy rate of 69.41%.

At the time of the 2011 census, 94.13% of the population spoke Kashmiri and 1.88% Urdu as their first language. Most of the Kashmiris can speak Urdu.

Places of worship

 * Jamia Ahlehadees Markazi Masjid Madina Chowk Gow Kadal
 * Hazratbal Shrine
 * Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, one of the oldest mosques in Kashmir
 * Shah-i-Hamadan Mosque
 * Shrine of Makhdoom Sahib
 * Shankaracharya temple, possibly the oldest shrine in Kashmir
 * Khanqah-e-Moula
 * Khanqah-e-Moula