A single visit of the states of India enables a person to get to know about numerous towns that have flourished here over the years. Amidst these places one comes across Khrew and also have considered it to be quite significant. In fact Khrew is a town and also a notified area committee. Its location is at Pulwama district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir of Indian continent.

Without discovering demographical highlights of a place it becomes nest to impossible for any layman to discover the traits of this town in the true sense. Only after working hard for several years the eminent demographers of India have gathered data that are related to Khrew town`s demography. As per this report the total population of Khrew has been counted to be 10611. Males are more in number and thus constitute 55 % of the total population. However 45 % constitutes of the female population of Khrew.

How much a town has achieved development depends on its literacy condition. If it is high it affirms the development of that particular town. So far as the average literacy rate of Khrew is apprehended, it constitutes 65 %, which is even higher than 59.5 %, India`s average literacy rate. Males of Khrew are educated since its literacy rate is as high as 75 %. However female literacy rate of Khrew is only 55 %. In Khrew, 7 % of the total population constitutes of children who are below six years of age.

What really unique is that people practice belong to varied religious communities. Thus Islam is the main religion of the people. Out of it, 95 % of the total population of Khrew is Sunni Muslims. Hindu community comprises of only 2 %. The rest constitutes 1% of Khrew`s population.

There is no dearth of temples in Khrew. There is popular temple devoted to the deity of fire, namely Jawala Bhagwati. It is widely visited by the Kashmiri Pandits. A religious festival Mela Jawala Mukhi is feted here every year on the fourteenth day of the `fortnight of Savan`. Sabir Shah, Syed Mantaqi, and Baba Qasim Sahab are other sacred places of Khrew.

Industrial growth too has occurred here. Cement, saffron, almond and walnuts are the chief products that are produced here in ample quantity.