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Ganderbal, Jammu & Kashmir

Not a Scheduled AreaCensus 2011 district code 11
  1. 28 Sept 2026 · Details soughtEssential details soughtConstruction/Development of the permanent Campus for Central University of Kashmir at Villages…
  2. 24 Sept 2026 · FiledSubmittedConstruction/Development of the permanent Campus for Central University of Kashmir at Villages…

Dated by the portal's own appraisal history, converted to India Standard Time; a proposal with no recorded history appears on its register submission date.

Other clearances these proposals declare

Forest land diversion declared
0
Forest land sought for diversion
None declared
Wildlife board recommendation declared
0
In or near a protected area
0
In an eco-sensitive zone
0

These counts are taken from the application forms of the 2 of 2 proposals naming this district whose forms have been read for these questions. In 1 of those forms at least one question was left blank, and a blank answer is counted as unknown. The forest area is the area stated for forest clearance, with each forest proposal counted once, in the district where its project is primarily sited.

Proposals naming this district
2
Category A proposals
1
Families declared displaced
245
Families declared affected
9

Displacement figures are the proponents’ own declarations. A project sited across several districts declares one figure for the whole project, and that figure is counted once, in the district where the project is primarily sited.

Fifth Schedule status

Not within a Fifth Schedule Scheduled Area

No Presidential Order under paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule declares any Scheduled Area in Jammu & Kashmir, so no part of this district is one and PESA does not apply. A different protection does apply here: State land and forest-rights law; no Presidential Order under the Fifth Schedule extends here.

OrderMinistry of Tribal Affairs, Scheduled Areas declared under paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution

What the record shows

  • The Scheduled Tribe share here, 20.5%, is at least double the national figure of 8.55%.

  • Literacy was 58.0% in 2011 against 72.98% nationally, so notices and documents issued in writing during a consultation may reach fewer people here.

  • Applicants for projects sited mainly in this district have declared 245 families to be displaced. The figure comes from their applications, and we have not verified it.

Each of these observations appears when a fixed rule is met by the figures on this page, so the same figures always give the same sentences. None of them is a view on whether a project should go ahead.

Who lives there

Figures from Census 2011, each compared with the all-India value computed on the same definition.

Total population
2,97,446
Households
45,361
Average household size
6.56
1.71 above India's 4.85India
Scheduled Tribe share of population
20.5%
12.0 points above IndiaIndia
Scheduled Caste share of population
0.0%
16.6 points below IndiaIndia
Children aged 0-6
17.0%
3.4 points above IndiaIndia
Literacy rate
58.0%
14.9 points below IndiaIndia
Sex ratio
874
68.6 below India's 942.6India

What they live on

How the district's workers earn a living, from Census 2011. The land-dependent share counts cultivators and agricultural labourers as a share of all workers, and it is the group most directly affected when land is acquired.

Total workers
1,00,890
Work participation rate
33.9%
5.9 points below IndiaIndia
Workers dependent on land
34.3%
20.2 points below IndiaIndia
Cultivators
15.2%
9.4 points below IndiaIndia
Agricultural labourers
19.1%
10.8 points below IndiaIndia
Marginal workers
47.5%
22.8 points above IndiaIndia
Household industry workers
7.6%
3.7 points above IndiaIndia

How households live

Land, income and work among rural households, from the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, which recorded these where the population census did not. Only the survey's rural part is used here, so urban households do not appear.

Rural households owning land
70.6%
24.5 points above IndiaIndia

The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.

Rural households whose highest earner makes over ₹5,000 a month
30.2%
5.9 points above IndiaIndia

The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.

Rural households living mainly on manual casual labour
54.1%
2.3 points above IndiaIndia

The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.

Rural households with a salaried member
21.2%
13.0 points above IndiaIndia

The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.

When these were filed

Each proposal is dated by the first step in its appraisal history, the dated record of steps the portal keeps for it.

2026-Q32026-Q3

The timeline counts all 2 proposals here, since each one records the date it was first filed.

What kind of projects these are

The proposals naming this district, grouped by the sector each was filed under.

  • INFRA-2 50%
  • River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects 50%

The four largest sectors are shown by name and the rest are grouped as Other.

What is proposed here

These are the proposals in the national environmental clearance register whose application names a site in this district, newest first. A project with sites in several districts appears under each of them.

  1. Category B1Referred to SEIAA2026-09-29

    Construction/Development of the permanent Campus for Central University of Kashmir at Villages Tulmulla-Kurhama-Zarigand District Ganderbal, Kashmir

    central university of kashmir · INFRA-2

  2. Category AProposal returned in present form2026-08-01declares affected families

    93 MW New Ganderbal Hydro Electric Project

    JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE POWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED · River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects

All 2 proposals that name this district, newest first.