Jammu & Kashmir

JK Admin freezes boundaries of administrative units till completion of census 2021

An aerial view of Srinagar city. [FPK Photo / Umar Farooq]

Srinagar: The administration of Jammu and Kashmir has frozen the boundaries of districts, tehsils, municipalities, towns, revenue villages and other administrative units till completion of census 2021.

A notification issued by Planning, Development and Monitoring department in this regard reads, “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iv) of rule 8 of the Census Rules, 1990 and in supersession of earlier notifications issued on the subject, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby freezes the boundaries of Districts/Tehsils, Municipalities, Towns, Revenue Villages and other Administrative units in the whole Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir w.e.f 01.01.2024 till completion of Census, 2021”.

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