SRINAGAR: Jammu division accounted for 14,17,028 reservation category certificates, while Kashmir division recorded 3,45,446, according to figures presented in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on September 22, 2026.
The data, covering 2018 to 2026, show that a total of 17,62,474 reservation certificates were issued across Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu accounted for 80.4% of the total, while Kashmir accounted for 19.6%.
In Jammu division, Rajouri recorded the highest number with 4,37,479 certificates, followed by Poonch (3,24,753) and Jammu district (1,98,910). Together, these three districts accounted for nearly 67.8% of Jammu’s total.
Other figures included Kathua (1,17,315), Udhampur (83,616), Doda (62,776), Samba (58,583), Reasi (53,023), Ramban (40,873) and Kishtwar (39,700).
In Kashmir, RBA certificates were the highest at 1,20,396, followed by ST-I (96,517) and OBC (77,199). The data also included ST-II, EWS, OBC Central, OSC, ALC and SC certificates.
However, the category-wise figures provided for Kashmir total 3,43,051, leaving a discrepancy of 2,395 certificates compared with the reported division-wide total of 3,45,446.
The Assembly data count certificates issued, not individual beneficiaries or actual reservation benefits obtained in recruitment or admissions. The reply also does not provide a year-wise breakdown or explain the reasons for the regional variation.
