VI. Demography:

A. Number of Speakers of Dogri language:

The total number of Dogri Speakers in India according to 2001 census is 2,282,589.

The Table below shows Mother tongues grouped under Dogri Language

DOGRI 2,282,589
Dogri 2,282,547
Others  42

1. Main habitat:

The main places of habitat of the Dogri speakers are middle and lower belts of Jammu region. Some segmental pockets of the upper belt of the region is also inhabitated by this speech community. In addition, sixteen villages of the Jaffarwal Tehsil (now in Pakistan) and some villages in Gurdaspur District of Punjab (Indian side) are inhabitated by the Dogri speakers.

Besides, the Dogri speech community is found in the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Lucknow, Kanpur, Pune, Bhopal, Indore, Agra, Kolkata, Varanasi, Haridwar, DehraDun, Meerut, Chandigarh, Ambala Cantt, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Chamba, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Ahmadabad, Jaipur, Chennai, Lahore & Sialkot (Pakistan).

a. Male/Female

The following table shows the Male-Female distribution of Dogri Speakers in the States and Union Territories of India, as per 2001 census.

India/State/Union Territory Person Males Females
India* 2,282,589 1,204,275 1,078,314
Jammu & Kashmir 2,205,560 1,154,331 1,051,229
Himachal Pradesh 18,777 9,861 8,916
Punjab 18,034 10,811 7,223
Delhi# 6,974 4,192 2,782
Uttaranchal 4,705 2,789 1,916
Uttar Pradesh 4,464 3,796 668
Rajasthan 3,986 3,043 943
Madhya Pradesh 3,410 2,627 783
Haryana 2,613 1,629 984
Assam 2,234 2,060 174
West Bengal 2,006 1,600 406
Maharashtra 1,978 1,367 611
Chandigarh# 923 542 381
Arunachal Pradesh 900 828 72
Gujarat 793 530 263
Jharkhand 702 531 171
Manipur * 696 674 22
Nagaland 626 535 91
Tripura 595 553 42
Karnataka 487 370 117
Andhra Pradesh 473 346 127
Meghalaya 370 294 76
Mizoram 275 245 30
Sikkim 215 183 32
Bihar 173 128 45
Tamil Nadu 140 94 46
Chhattisgarh 132 76 56
Kerala 126 99 27
Goa 93 63 30
Orissa 62 36 26
Andaman & Nicobar Islands# 42 29 13
Daman & Diu# 13 7 6
Pondicherry# 12 6 6


b. Rural/Urban

The following table shows the Rural-Urban distribution of Dogri Speakers in the States and Union Territories of India, as per 2001 census

India/State/Union Territory Persons Rural Urban
India* 2,282,589 1,664,800 617,789
Jammu & Kashmir 2,205,560 1,624,206 581,354
Himachal Pradesh 18,777 16,381 2,396
Punjab 18,034 11,335 6,699
Delhi# 6,974 306 6,668
Uttaranchal 4,705 3,212 1,493
Uttar Pradesh 4,464 101 4,363
Rajasthan 3,986 1,279 2,707
Madhya Pradesh 3,410 349 3,061
Haryana 2,613 1,343 1,270
Assam 2,234 1,168 1,066
West Bengal 2,006 1,622 384
Maharashtra 1,978 192 1,786
Chandigarh# 923 73 850
Arunachal Pradesh 900 733 167
Gujarat 793 220 573
Jharkhand 702 132 570
Manipur * 696 590 106
Nagaland 626 303 323
Tripura 595 466 129
Karnataka 487 22 465
Andhra Pradesh 473 32 441
Meghalaya 370 287 83
Mizoram 275 110 165
Sikkim 215 192 23
Bihar 173 26 147
Tamil Nadu 140 27 113
Chhattisgarh 132 13 119
Kerala 126 13 113
Goa 93 5 88
Orissa 62 26 36
Andaman & Nicobar Islands# 42 23 19
Daman & Diu# 13 13 0
Pondicherry# 12 0 12


2. Decennial Growth

The following table shows the Decennial growth of Dogri Speakers in 4 consecutive census.

Year Dogri Speakers Decadal Percentage Increase
1971 1,299,143 -
1981 1,530,616 17.82
1991 * -
2001 2,282,589 -

* indicates that full figure of dogri was not available as census was not conducted in Jammu and Kashmir in 1991


B. Settlement Pattern

The following table shows Male-Female/Rural-Urban distribution of Dogri speakers in 2001 (as per 2001 census).

Total Male Female
Total 2,282,589 1,204,275 1,078,314
Rural 1,664,800 868,248 796,552
Urban 617,789 336,027 281,762

C. Literacy and Education:

1. Literacy

a. Rate:

b. Agencies Involved

In Jammu region of J&K, both Government as well as non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are working in the field of education and literacy. In addition to that, Christian Missionaries are also involved to play their role in this respect whose number is increasing though slowly, yet satisfactorily.

In the field of promotion of literacy in the region some of the notable Government Departments and NGOs are mentioned as under: -

  1. The Director of Education of the State Government as well as the Education Department of the State of J&K, Jammu/Srinagar.
  2. Dharmarth Trust of Dr. Karan Singh (sole trustee) which runs Sanskrit Maha Vidyalaya at Virpur (Jammu) and a Middle School, Jammu (NGO).
  3. Christian Missionary’s Organization, which is running eight Schools (including two Higher Secondary Schools) (NGO).
  4. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi (The Ministry of Human Resources and Development, New Delhi) is running more than fifty Schools.
  5. The Ministry of Human Resources and Development is running six Jawahar Navodaya Residential Schools in all the six districts of the region. They are being run in the rural areas so that the children of the village people can get benefit.
  6. The Defence Ministry is running several army schools wherever they have their big establishments. The said ministry is also running a Sainik School (Higher Secondary level and also residential) at Nagrota near Jammu.
  7. The Regional Research Laboratory is running a Primary School in its Campus, Jammu.

Several NGOs are organizing several Schools in the region. Some more prominent NGOs are as under: -

  1. Maharaja Hari Singh Memorial Trust- Two Schools (1) at Nagbani (2) at Jammu
  2. Delhi Public School Organisation- One School
  3. Diwan Badri Nath Trust- Two Schools (H.S.S. level)-1 Jammu City, 2 Jammu City (vicinity)
  4. Jagriti Mission- Two Schools in Jammu
  5. Vasudeva Kutumbakam- One School
  6. Bal Niketan School Management Committee- One School for orphans (residential)
  7. One Residential School for blind children

Apart from the above mentioned there are several other non-Governmental Organisations which are running many Schools, up to Secondary and Higher Secondary level and there by working for the promotion of literacy in the region.

2. Education:

a. Formal

At present there are twenty Govt. Degree Colleges and three private Degree Colleges functioning in the region and also 56 Colleges of Education (Private), one Government College of Education, three Law Colleges (private), two Medical Colleges including Dental College, two Colleges of Engineering (private) and one Govt. College of Engineering, and one Ayurvedic College (private), one College of Physio-therapy (private) etc. One Polytechnic is also functioning and State Board of Technical Education has been revamped and given a new shape as an independent body.

There are four Universities including one Agriculture University in the region. In addition to that Indira Gandhi National Open University, Annamalai University and Bundelkhand University also have opened their centers in the region. In order to raise the educational standard Jammu University has completely rooted out open choice system.

b.Non-formal Education:

Non-formal education scheme has been revised and education guarantee scheme and alternative innovative education has been introduced in the region. This scheme provides for a Primary School for every habitation having more than 15 School going children.

Thus it is obvious that the formal education in Jammu region of Jammu&Kashmir is being imparted through Schools (both Private and Government), Colleges (both Private and Government), Dharmarth Trust, Gujjar Desh Charitable Trust, various other vocational institutions, Agencies, Christian Missionaries, Government Sponsored Agencies, Computer Training Centers , Universities etc. On Government level the computer education is being made compulsory in higher secondary schools.

Non-formal education in the region includes several coaching centers for adult literacy programme, literacy improvement programme, political and economic education, health education, leisure education, jail schools, jhuggi jhoumpadi schools (in slum areas), training colleges for training of adult education for teachers and social workers, training colleges and institutions for imparting training in agriculture, crafts, poultry, nursing school, cooperative system, health (physio-therapy and the paramedical branches), sports etc.

c.Impact: General, On woman, Adult

As far as women education is concerned, the State Government and some voluntary agencies are very serious about it. Though there are also separate schools and colleges for girls, majority of schools and colleges are functioning as co-educational institutions. In rural areas 1/3 of the girls at the secondary level and 1/2 of the girls at the collegiate level are studying in co-educational system on equal terms. It is expected that women education will pick more momentum in near future as the several women welfare organizations are working day and night to propagate women literacy programme.

Moreover, a separate women polytechnic has also been opened by the State Government near Jammu City.

Vocational Training Programme:

Project Report for the modernization and improvement of vocational training at ITIs is prepared through National Technical Training Foundation (NTTF), Bangalore for central assistance.

State Council for vocational training formed first time in the State, was a useful guide in vocational training.

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