Budgam
Badgom | |
|---|---|
| The Municipal Council Of Budgam | |
  Budgam Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Budgam Budgam (India)  Budgam Budgam (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 34°00′54″N 74°43′19″E / 34.015°N 74.722°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Budgam |
| Founded by | Ayatollah Aga Syed Yousuf Mosavi and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic |
| • Body | Municipal Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.08 km2 (3.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,610 m (5,280 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 15,338 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Badgamin, Badgamia, Budgami |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[3][4] |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 73.0% |
| • Sex ratio | 703.7 ♀/ 1000 ♂ |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | JK 04 |
| Website | budgam |
Budgam (Urdu pronunciation: [bəɖɡɑːm]), known as Badgom (Kashmiri pronunciation: [baɖɡoːm]; lit. 'big village')[5] in Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area committee,[1][6] but by the 2011 census it had a municipal committee.[1]
- ^ a b c d A-4 Towns And Urban Agglomerations Classified By Population Size Class In 2011 With Variation Since 1901. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (Report).
Class - IV Population of 10,000 and 19,999 (Report). - ^ a b c District Census Handbook Badgam, Part B (PDF). Census of India 2011 (Report). 16 June 2014. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "History of Budgam". Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Table - 3: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
This gives the population of Budgam [Badgam] N.A.C. in the 2001 census as 15,932 (10,948 male, 4,984 female), with 1,002 aged 0-6 (491 male, 511 female), and 10,894 literates (8,816 male, 2,078 female).