Jammu District

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Jammu District is a district in Jammu and Kashmir. Majority of the population of the district practise Hinduism.

1 Administration
2 Politics
3 References
4 External links
5 See also

Administration

Jammu district comprises of 3 tehsils: Akhnoor, Bishnah and JAMMU City.

This district consists of 8 blocks: Akhnoor, Bhalwal, Bishnah, Khour, Marh, R.S.Pura, Satwari and Dansal.^[1] Each block consists of a number of panchayats.

Politics

Jammu District has 11 assembly constituencies: Nagrota, Gandhinagar, Jammu East, Jammu West, Bishnah, R.S.Pura (S.C.), Suchetgarh, Marh, Raipur Domana (S.C.), Akhnoor and Chhamb (S.C.).^[2]

References

^ Statement showing the number of blocks in respect of 22 Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State including newly Created Districts dated 2008-03-13, accessed 2008-08-30
^ "ERO's and AERO's". Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved on 2008-08-28.

External links

http://jammu.nic.in

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