There is no dearth of cities and towns that have been built in every nook and corner of the state of India. In the state of Jammu and Kashmir also there are many towns that have been built over the years. In the Kupwara District, Handwara is a significant town, which is under the control of a `notified area committee`. In other words , Handwara is one of the tehsils of the Kupwara district.

Demographical data also help to throw some light on the city of Handwara. Census report of India also has thrown some light on the Handwara city. According to this report, Handwara has been enumerated to be 10,624. Males, females and also children are incorporated in this population of the Handwara city. Out of this, males comprises of 55 percent while female constitutes of 45 percent. 13 percent of people is below the six years of age. Literacy rate too is quite significant and also need to be mentioned. What is interesting is that the average literacy rate of Handwara city is less than that of the national average which is measured to be 59.5% . In Handwara , average literacy rate is 54 percent. To be specific, male literacy rate is 66 percent , and female literacy rate is 38 percent.

There are certain places of interests in Handwara, which have drawn the attention of people from every part of the country. Wrecks of Ramkund temple at Farkaian; Nandrishi Pir`s Tomb at Magam ; Shardania temple at Guglusa ; Dhyaneshwar temple at Smattan are quite significant.

Due to its integrity with the Kupwara district, it is obvious that the Handwara too is going to follow partly the tradition and trend of the district as a whole. Due to the deficiency of irrigational facilities, majority of the people of Handwara follow cultivation and farming. Walnuts are the major gardening products. There is a huge possibility for the growth of quite a number of small scale industries due to the prevalence of large forest areas . Nurturing of livestock is also a significant job of the people. There is no medium or huge scale industries in the district.