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Schools grow, shrines grow faster in J&K-Muzaffar Raina

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published Published on Mar 30, 2012   modified Modified on Mar 30, 2012

Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a boom in places of worship and prayer, although some academics say this does not necessarily mean the state’s population is turning more religious.

Figures released yesterday by the directorate of census operations also suggest a rise in prosperity, with the state’s people living in better houses than before.

The state has witnessed a 53 per cent increase in the number of religious places in a decade, from 32,025 in 2001 to 49,135 in 2011, according to the figures.

“Our religious places are witnessing a tremendous increase,” joint chief principal census officer C.S. Sapru said.

“The religious places constitute 1.5 per cent of the total census houses in our state against the national figure of 1.08 per cent.”

Sapru said it was too early to give the break-up of mosques, temples, gurdwaras and churches, but added: “The fact is that you have temples proliferating in Jammu while the number of mosques is going up significantly in Kashmir.”

Hamid Nasim Rafiabadi, director of the Shahi Hamdan Institute of Islamic Studies at Kashmir University, however, said that although a significant number of people were moving towards religion in the Valley, more were moving away from it.

“But irrespective of whether they are religious or not, they feel a need to have a mosque in their locality,” he said.

“Since there is massive urbanisation, every new locality comes up with a mosque, although it is also a fact that attendance at these places remains thin except on Fridays or festivals.”

Madarsas too are proliferating in the state, census officials said, but the figures were not immediately available.

Against the 49,135 places of worship, the state has only 31,843 schools and colleges (excluding madarsas) despite educational institutions having witnessed an even sharper rise — by 64 per cent — from the 2001 figure of 19,378.

The census figures reveal that 78,314 of the state’s 2,015,088 households — or 3.9 per cent — live in dilapidated homes while the rest live in good and liveable houses.

Around 15 lakh families —about 75 per cent — live in houses with two or more rooms, and 7.5 per cent families live in six or more rooms.

The census shows that families are fast breaking up into nuclear ones, with the number of one-couple households now making up around 75 per cent of the total against 70 per cent a decade ago.

Almost half of Jammu and Kashmir households lack toilets within their premises but around three-fourths have a landline or mobile connection. Some 64 per cent have a water tap connection while 85 per cent use electricity for lighting.

The Telegraph, 30 March, 2012, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120330/jsp/nation/story_15313131.jsp#.T3ViXmGO0fU


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