Onlykashmir.in News Desk
Jammu and Kashmir’s employment portal carried 3,20,942 registered job seekers on its live register as of August 31, 2026, according to official data released this week, offering a fresh snapshot of unemployment pressure across the Union Territory’s twenty districts.
The registered pool included 2,08,711 male and 1,12,228 female job seekers, with the Kashmir division accounting for a slightly larger share at 1,71,426 registrations compared to 1,49,516 in the Jammu division. The figures, drawn from District Employment and Counselling Centres, reflect job seekers who have formally signed up for employment-related services through the government’s official portal, though they capture only those actively registered rather than the full scale of unemployment in the Union Territory.
Anantnag recorded the highest number of registrations among all twenty districts at 34,543, followed by Kathua in the Jammu division with 26,847. Kulgam registered 21,463 job seekers, while Baramulla and Kupwara recorded 19,588 and 19,510 respectively. Shopian followed with 18,747, ahead of Samba at 17,499, Poonch at 16,724 and Rajouri at 15,537.
Among the remaining districts, Ganderbal recorded 14,335 registrations, Pulwama 14,132, Bandipora 11,140, Budgam 9,666 and Srinagar 8,302, a comparatively modest figure for the summer capital given its population size, possibly reflecting greater absorption into private, informal or self-employment avenues in the city. In the Jammu division, Jammu district itself recorded 11,992 registrations, while Kishtwar had 9,308.
The employment portal allows job seekers across Jammu and Kashmir to register through District Employment and Counselling Centres and subsequently access a range of employment-related services, including job alerts, counselling and, in some cases, referrals to skill development and placement programmes run by the government. The scale of registration, spread fairly evenly across both divisions, underscores the continuing pressure on the Union Territory’s administration to expand employment generation and skilling avenues even as government recruitment in several departments, including health, remains constrained by fund availability.
