[2] The district consisted of seven blocks: Breng, Shangus, Achabal, Dachnipora, Qazigund, Khoveripora and Shahabad.

Anantnag's climate is largely defined by its geographic location, with the towering Karakoram to its east and the Pirpanjal range to the south.

As a large city with significant differences in Geolocation among various districts, the weather is often cooler in the hilly areas of the east as compared to the flat northern part of Anantnag.

Summer is usually mild and with a little rain, but relative humidity is generally high and the nights are cool.

"In his introduction to the Rajtarangini Kulan or Kalhána, Pandit says about the climate of Valley: 'It is a country where the sun shines mildly, being the place created by Kashayapa as if for his glory.

High school-houses, the saffron, iced water and grapes, which are rare even in heaven, are common here.

People have linked the climate of Kashmir to that of Switzerland until the end of May, and of Southern France in July and August.

According to the 2011 census Anantnag district had a population of 1,078,692,[9] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[19] or the US state of Rhode Island.

[9] Anantnag had a sex ratio of 927 females for every 1,000 males[9] (this varies with religion) and a literacy rate of 64.32%[9] in 2011.