Jammu

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Jammu

Total population

502,197

Coordinates32.72°, 74.86°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Jammu is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the Jammu division. It serves as the winter capital of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of 240 km2 (93 sq mi), is surrounded by the Himalayas in the north and the northern plains in the south.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

K

Krishan Dev Sethi

Kashmiri activist

Saif Ali Janjua

Pakistani engineer

Triloki Nath Madan

Indian sociologist

V

Virendra Razdan

Indian actor

S

Sehba Akhtar

Poet and songwriter

C

Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas

Lawyer, politician

J

Jilani Kamran

Pakistani poet, critic (1926-2003)

H

Harbhajan Singh Rissam

Indian cardiologist and writer

J

Jatin Wadhwan

cricketer

A

Aditya Singh

Indian cricketer

S

Sahil Sharma

Indian cricketer

D

Deepak Dogra

cricketer

G

Ghulam Rasool Nazki

Indian writer

S

Sajood Sailani

Indian writer

S

Sidharth Slathia

Indian indi-pop and playback singer (born 1991)

Aslam Khan

Pakistani brigadier

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Jammu

Descriptive Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in the Shri Ranbir Sanskrit Research Institute, Raghunath Temple, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)

Shri Ranbir Sanskrit Research Institute Staff · 2022

Jammu and Kashmir financial code

Jammu and Kashmir (India). Finance Dept. · 1969

My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir

Jagmohan · 1991

The Kashmir and Jammu Universities Act 1969 & statutes and regulations under the act

University of Jammu · 2010

A hand book on Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Pirzada Irshad Ahmad · 2003

Jammu and Kashmir

Jyoti Bhusan Das Gupta · 1969

The Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir

Anita Sharma · 2009

The economy of Jammu & Kashmir

Jasbir Singh. · 1998

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red Pierrot

Talicada nyseus

Seen 2026-09-17

Plain Tiger Butterfly

Danaus chrysippus

Seen 2026-09-17

Golden Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Seen 2026-09-17

Indian Wolf Snake

Lycodon aulicus

Seen 2026-09-16

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

Seen 2026-09-13

Brown Rock Chat

Oenanthe fusca

Seen 2026-09-13

Granite Ghost

Bradinopyga geminata

Seen 2026-09-13

Common Castor Butterfly

Ariadne merione

Seen 2026-09-13

Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).