20 Districts of Jammu & Kashmir: Division-wise List & Key Facts (JKSSB GK)

District-level questions are a regular part of JKSSB General Awareness: which district is X in?, which division does Y belong to?, which districts touch the border? The UT of Jammu and Kashmir has 20 districts in two divisions — 10 in Jammu and 10 in Kashmir. Leh and Kargil now belong to the separate UT of Ladakh.

Jammu division (10 districts)

• Jammu — Bahu Fort, Raghunath Temple, Amar Mahal; the Tawi flows through the city, known as the City of Temples
• Samba — Mansar Lake; lies on the International Border
• Kathua — Basohli miniature paintings; the Ravi forms part of its boundary with Punjab
• Udhampur — Patnitop; the Chenani–Nashri tunnel starts at Chenani
• Reasi — Vaishno Devi (base camp Katra), Shiv Khori, the Salal project and the Chenab rail bridge
• Ramban — Sanasar; the Baglihar hydroelectric project
• Doda — Bhaderwah, called 'Mini Kashmir'
• Kishtwar — the largest district by area; Machail Mata shrine; Kishtwar National Park
• Rajouri — in the Pir Panjal region, on the Line of Control
• Poonch — Noori Chamb waterfall; the Mughal Road begins at Bafliaz

Kashmir division (10 districts)

• Srinagar — Dal Lake, the Mughal gardens, Hazratbal, on the Jhelum
• Ganderbal — Sonamarg, the Kheer Bhawani temple at Tulmulla, Manasbal Lake
• Budgam — Doodhpathri, Yusmarg, Charar-e-Sharif
• Baramulla — Gulmarg and its gondola, Sopore's fruit mandi, the Uri project
• Bandipora — Wular Lake and the Gurez valley
• Kupwara — the Lolab and Bangus valleys; on the Line of Control
• Anantnag — Pahalgam, the Martand Sun Temple, Verinag (source of the Jhelum)
• Kulgam — the Aharbal waterfall and Kousarnag Lake
• Pulwama — Pampore saffron and the Avantipora temple ruins
• Shopian — the Kashmir end of the Mughal Road, Peer Ki Gali

Regions worth knowing

• Chenab Valley: Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban
• Pir Panjal region: Rajouri and Poonch
• International Border with Pakistan: Jammu, Samba and Kathua
• Line of Control: Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Poonch and Rajouri

How to learn them

Learn the two divisions as two lists of ten first. Then attach one famous place or fact to each district, and finally the regions above. For place-by-place revision, use our tourist destinations guide and the rivers and lakes notes. A proposal to create two new divisions was tabled as a private member's bill in 2026, but J&K currently has two divisions.