“To be or not to be....” —Hamlet

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Mapping A State

1.25 cr Population

Population 72.25 l Voters

Voters 68% Literacy3

Literacy3 87 Assembly strength

Assembly strength 889 Sex ratio

Sex ratio 10,015 Polling stations

Polling stations 72.62% Rural population

Rural population 22,000 sq km area

sq km area 708.74 bn Net SDP rupees (RBI)

Highest producer of: Apple and saffron

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To vote or not to vote is always one of the questions in Kashmir, and this time round, the momentum will be set by the first round that recorded the highest-ever 71 per cent turnout in the five-phase elections whose results will be announced on December 23. But in the Valley, one...