List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir


The Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir consists of two divisions: Jammu Division and Kashmir Division, and is further divided into 20 districts:

History

Princely state of Kashmir

Prior to 1947, Kashmir was a princely state under the paramountcy of the British Indian Empire. The central part of the princely state was administratively divided into the provinces Jammu and Kashmir. In addition there were frontier districts and semi-autonomous jagirs. They were subdivided as follows:
The Gilgit district and the frontier ilaqas were administered by the British administration as the Gilgit Agency, which were returned to the princely state prior to the Partition of India.

Partition

Following the independence of India and Pakistan, in October 1947, there was Poonch Rebellion as Muslims were disarmed by the orders of raja of Kashmir.So they rebelled out in the western districts of the princely state coupled with a tribal invasion, both of which were supported by the newly independent Dominion of Pakistan. The princely ruler acceded to India in return for armed assistance. India and Pakistan fought the First Kashmir War that lasted through 1948, at the end of which large parts of the three western districts of Mirpur, Poonch and Muzaffarabad, the whole of the Gilgit Agency and the Skardu sub-district of Ladakh came under Pakistani control. The remainder of the princely state has been organised as a state of India under the name Jammu Kashmir.

Inside India

The territory under the Indian control include:
The districts were reorganised by 1968, breaking up some of the larger districts. In 2006, eight new districts were created: Kishtwar, Ramban, Reasi, Samba, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kulgam and Shopian.
In August 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed by both houses of the Indian Parliament. The provisions contained in the bill reorganised the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories; Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with effect from 31 October 2019.

Districts

[Jammu Division]

Name of DistrictHeadquartersArea Population
2001 Census		Population
2011 Census
Doda DistrictDoda
Jammu DistrictJammu
Kathua DistrictKathua
Kishtwar DistrictKishtwar
Poonch DistrictPoonch
Rajouri DistrictRajouri
Ramban DistrictRamban
Reasi DistrictReasi
Samba DistrictSamba
Udhampur DistrictUdhampur
Total10

[Kashmir Division]