Jammu Cantonment is a cantonment town in Jammu City in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu Cantonment
cantonment
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Coordinates: 32.706329°N 74.854065°E / 32.706329; 74.854065
Country	India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Government
• Body	Cantonment Board Jammu
Area
• Total	3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	30,123
• Density	10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Jammuities
Languages
• Official	Urdu, Dogri, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	JK02
Website	www.cbjammu.org

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,[1] Jammu Cantonment had a population of 30,107. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Jammu Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 64%. In Jammu Cantonment, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religion

Hindu 69.43%, Sikh 18.11%, Muslim 10.91%, [2]

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