District Shopian at Glance
Shopian is a far flung hilly area and was a part of District Pulwama. It has been given the Status of Hill District on 01-04-2007. A brief description of the dstrict is as follows:
Altitude | 2146 mts above sea level | Area under fresh | 22902 Hectares |
Geographical Area | 612.87 sq.km | Rural population | 2.50 lacs |
Forest area | 300 sq.km | Urban population | 0.16 lacs |
Cultivated Land (Hectts) | 33797 | No. of ST population | 0.15 lacs |
Irrigated Land (Hectts) | 12501 | No. of BPL population | 54800 |
Total land of the District | 76854 Acres | No. of Tehsils | 07 |
Total population | 2.68 lacs | No of Villages | 232 |
Sex Ratio | 950 | No. of Nayabats | 13 |
Literacy Rate | 62.49% | No. of Girdawar Circles | 13 |
Area under fruit | 26258 Hectares | No. of Halqas | 43 |
Area under Dry | 3356 Hectares | Municipal Committees | 01 |
- Notification under section 4 (1) of the “Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013” in the land acquisition case for the construction of Lawyer Chamber, Residential quarters for Judicial Officers and office for prosecution wing at District Court complex Shopian.
- Publication of List of Candidates for various posts under District Hub for Empowerment of Women (DHEW) Shopian-Inviting of Objections Regarding.
- Tentative Seniority List of Orderlies as it stood on 08.03.2023.
- Implementation of Action Plan for enforcement of E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016, Solid Waste (Management) Rules, 2016, Plastic Waste (Management) Rules, 2016, Bio-medical Waste Rules 2016, Clean air and River pollution and other compliances
- Rates for delivery of Services through Physical Assisted Counters-CSCs etc
- Public Notice
- Calendar
- Establishment of Joint Control Room for Winter.
- Publication of List of Candidates for various posts under District Hub for Empowerment of Women (DHEW) Shopian-Inviting of Objections Regarding.
- Interview notice for various posts under One Stop Centre for Women (SAKHI), Shopian
- Agnipath Agniveer Scheme
- General Merit List of candidates for the post of JUNIOR STAFF NURSE,DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN and PHARMACIST RBSK on Contractual basis Under NHM, District Shopian.
- Notification under section 4 (1) of the “Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013” in the land acquisition case for the construction of Lawyer Chamber, Residential quarters for Judicial Officers and office for prosecution wing at District Court complex Shopian.
- Tentative Seniority List of Orderlies as it stood on 08.03.2023.
- Rates for delivery of Services through Physical Assisted Counters-CSCs etc
- Public Notice
- Publication of 3 (A) Notification.
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District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner/District Collector
Shri Sachin Kumar Vaishya, IAS