POPULATION
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Kathua District is spread
over an area of 2651 Sq. Kms
constituting 1.9 percent of the total area of the State. The District has a
population of over 5,44,206 comprising 2,85,308 Males and 2,58,898
females as per 2001 census. The density of population of the district
has gone upto 205 persons per Square Km. Sex ratio is 907 females per 1000
male. Literacy Rate in Kathua district is 65.29%. The literacy percentage in
case of Males is 75.73% and in case of Females is 53.92%. As regards the
main ethnic groups, Hindus constitutes 91% of the district while Muslims form
7% and Sikhs 2 %. SC Population is 22.83%.
Out of total population of the district, 28.82% were main workers, 14.58% marginal workers while as 56.60% were non-workers. However, Among the main workers, cultivators and agricultural laborers accounted for 60.74% and 5.67 % respectively which obviously indicates that dependence on agricultural is of much more significance than any other sector/ occupation. As per 1981 census, there were 61, 481 households in the district of which 54,041 were in rural area and 7740 in urban areas. Out of occupied residential houses of the district, 50790 were in rural and 7328 in urban area. Tehsil wise population of district Kathua as per 2001 census is given as:
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