The principal media of education are English, Hindi, and Urdu. In a Muslim majority state, Kathua, like the Jammu region, is overwhelmingly Hindu, Total Population is 550,084 (Census of India 2001), Hinduism practiced by 89.9%, Muslims 8.1% and Sikhs 1.7%. A relatively safe regional pocket, Kathua was spared the decade-long insurrection sparked by the Khalistan separatist movement in Punjab that ended in the early 1990s, just to its south, and the ongoing Terrorism in Kashmir Valley further to the north, beginning in the 1980s.
Administration
Kathua district consists of 8 blocks: Billawar, Basholi, Bani, Duggan, Lohi Malhar, Kathua, Barnoti and Hiranagar.Each block consists of a number of panchayats.