భారత పరిపాలనాజిల్లాలు 1968 ప్రకారంకాశ్మీర్ లోయ కోసం,2006లో పునర్వ్యవస్థీకరించారు.[11]ప్రతిసారీ ఇప్పటికే ఉన్నజిల్లాలనుఉపవిభజన చేసారు.కాశ్మీర్ విభాగంక్రింద 2024 నాటికిపది జిల్లాలను కలిగి ఉంది.
కాశ్మీర్ విభజనలో చాలా తక్కువ హిందువులు (2.11%), సిక్కు (0.58%) జనాభా, ఎక్కువగా ముస్లింలు (97.06%) ఉన్నారు.[23] ముస్లింలలో, దాదాపు 10% మంది షియాలు, మిగిలిన వారు సున్నీలు. జనాభాలో అత్యధిక జాతి కాశ్మీరీలతో రూపొందించబడింది. గణనీయమైన మైనారిటీ పహారీ-పొత్వారీ, గుజ్జర్-బకర్వాల్ ప్రజలు ప్రధానంగా పాకిస్తానీ పరిపాలనా కాశ్మీర్కు ఆనుకుని ఉన్న సరిహద్దు ప్రాంతానికి సమీపంలో నివసిస్తున్నారు. అయితే, వాస్తవానికి 1990లలో జాతిపరంగా ప్రక్షాళన చేయబడటానికి ముందు లోయలో చాలా పెద్ద కాశ్మీరీ హిందూ జనాభా ఉంది. కాశ్మీరీ ముస్లిం వేర్పాటువాదుల తీవ్రమైన హింస కారణంగా పారిపోవలసి వచ్చిన 3,00,000 మంది కాశ్మీరీ పండిట్లు ఉన్నారని అంచనాకు వచ్చారు. వారు భారత స్థాపనకు దగ్గరగా ఉన్నందున వారిని ముప్పుగా భావించారు. [24]
↑ 1.01.1 The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (f) through (h) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (i) below).
(a) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
(b) Pletcher, Kenneth, Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 16 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
(c) "Kashmir", Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328, ISBN978-0-7172-0139-6 C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947";
(e) Talbot, Ian (2016), A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas, Yale University Press, pp. 28–29, ISBN978-0-300-19694-8 Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.";
(f) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "... China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962.";
(g) Bose, Sumantra (2009), Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace, Harvard University Press, pp. 294, 291, 293, ISBN978-0-674-02855-5 Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million. AJK has six districts: Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Bagh, Kodi, Rawalakot, and Poonch. Its capital is the town of Muzaffarabad. AJK has its own institutions, but its political life is heavily controlled by Pakistani authorities, especially the military), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control."
(i) Snedden, Christopher (2015), Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris, Oxford University Press, p. 10, ISBN978-1-84904-621-3 Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'."
↑ 2.02.1"Demography of Jammu and Kashmir State". J&K; Envis Centre, Department of Ecology Environment and Remote Sensing J&K. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2016. This used the Digest of Statistics, 2011-12 for its data source.
↑"The Plight of Kashmiri Pandits". Praxis - The Fletcher Journal of Human Security. Praxis - The Fletcher Journal of Human Security, Tuft's University.