Budgam

Budgam
Badgom
The Municipal Council Of Budgam
Budgam is located in Jammu and Kashmir
Budgam
Budgam
Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Budgam is located in India
Budgam
Budgam
Budgam (India)
Budgam is located in Asia
Budgam
Budgam
Budgam (Asia)
Coordinates: 34°00′54″N 74°43′19″E / 34.015°N 74.722°E / 34.015; 74.722
Country India
Union territoryJammu and Kashmir
DistrictBudgam
Founded byAyatollah Aga Syed Yousuf Mosavi and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
Government
 • TypeDemocratic
 • BodyMunicipal Council
Area
 • Total10.08 km2 (3.89 sq mi)
Elevation
1,610 m (5,280 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1][2]
 • Total15,338
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Badgamin, Badgamia, Budgami
Languages
 • OfficialKashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[3][4]
Demographics
 • Literacy73.0%
 • Sex ratio703.7 / 1000
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationJK 04
Websitebudgam.nic.in

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]

  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).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. ^ "History of Budgam". Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ "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).