Pulwama district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is located to the south of Srinagar. Its district headquarters are situated in the city of Pulwama. It is located in the central part of the Kashmir Valley.
thumb|District map of Pulwama
Administration
In 1979 Anantnag district split in two, with one part remaining as Anantnag district, and the other part becoming Pulwama district. When created, Pulwama district had 550 villages, grouped in five subdistricts (tehsils): Shopian, Awantipora, Pampore, Pulwama, and Tral. According to the district administration, the area of the district is .
Pulwama district currently has eight subdistricts, with 327 villages (eight of which are uninhabited): Each block consists of a number of panchayats.
District Development Council
- Chairperson: Syed Abdul Bari Andrabi (JKPDP)
- Vice-chairperson: Mukhtar Ahmad Bandh (JKNC)
{| class="wikitable"
!S.No
!Party
! Alliance
!No. of Members
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|1.
|INC
|UPA
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|2.
|BJP
|NDA
|1
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|3.
|JKNC
| rowspan="2" |PAGD
|2
|-
|4.
|JKPDP
|8
|-
|5.
|JKAP
|
|
|-
|6.
|JKPM
|
|
|-
|7.
|Independent
|
|4
|-
| colspan="3" |Totak
|14
|}
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Pulwama district has a population of 560,440, roughly equal to the nation of Solomon Islands or the US state of Wyoming. This gives it a ranking of 537th in India (out of a total of 640).
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! colspan=10 | Pulwama district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census.
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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!| Hindu
!| Muslim
!| Christian
!| Sikh
!| Buddhist
!| Jain
!| Other
!| Not stated
!| Total
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left" | Total
|| 13,840 || 535,159 || 1,109 || 9,440 || 35 || 6 || 18 || 833 || 560,440
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
|| 2.47% || 95.49% || 0.20% || 1.68% || 0.01% || 0.00% || 0.00% || 0.15% || 100.00%
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Male
|| 12,515 || 274,104 || 818 || 5,111 || 26 || 4 || 10 || 476 || 293,064
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Female
|| 1,325 || 261,055 || 291 || 4,329 || 9 || 2 || 8 || 357 || 267,376
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Gender ratio (% female)
|| 9.6% || 48.8% || 26.2% || 45.9% || 25.7% || 33.3% || 44.4% || 42.9% || 47.7%
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left"| Sex ratio <br><small>(no. of females per 1,000 males)</small>
|| 106 || 952 || 356 || 847 || – || – || – || 750 || 912
|-
| colspan=10|
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Urban
|| 7,388 || 72,353 || 223 || 364 || 12 || 3 || 4 || 115 || 80,462
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | Rural
|| 6,452 || 462,806 || 886 || 9,076 || 23 || 3 || 14 || 718 || 479,978
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left" | % Urban
|| 53.4% || 13.5% || 20.1% || 3.9% || 34.3% || 50.0% || 22.2% || 13.8% || 14.4%
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