Jaisalmer (District)

Jaisalmer District
State	Rajasthan
Division :	Jodhpur
Administrative headquarters :	Jaisalmer
Area :	38,401 km²
Residents :	669,919 (2011)
Population density :	17.50 inhabitants / km²
Website :	jaisalmer.nic.in

Jaisalmer ( Hindi : जैसलमेर) is a district in the western Indian state of Rajasthan .

The area is 38,401 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name, Jaisalmer .

population

The population is 669,919 (2011 census), 10 years earlier it was 508,247. The gender ratio is 852 women per 1,000 men. The literacy rate is 57.22% (72.04% for men, 39.71% for women). 74.19% of the population are followers of Hinduism , 25.10% are Muslims .

Administrative division

The district is divided into the following tehsils :

• Fatehgarh
• Jaisalmer
• Pokaran

Cities with the status of a municipality are:

• Jaisalmer
• Pokaran

Web links

Commons : Jaisalmer District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} www.census2011.co.in