Bathinda district

Bathinda district is in Malwa region of Punjab, India. The district encompasses an area of 3,385 square kilometers. By area, Bathinda district is the second-largest in Punjab, after Ludhiana district. It is bounded by Faridkot district and Moga district on the north, Muktsar district on the west, Barnala and Mansa districts on the east, and the state of Haryana on the south. Bathinda is cotton producing belt of Punjab.

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History

Raja Deb and Raja Vena Pal are purported to have been local rulers of the region, being tied to the fort of Bathinda.
The district of Bathinda came into existence with the formation of the PEPSU in 1948. It had its headquarters at Faridkot, which were shifted to Bathinda in 1953.
In 1953, Bathinda district was expanded to include the Phul sub-tehsil of Barnala district. In 1956, along with the merger of PEPSU, Bathinda was integrated into the state of Punjab.
Later, Faridkot district was carved out of Bathinda on August 7, 1972, by separating Faridkot tehsil from Bathinda district, along with Moga and Muktsar tehsils from Firozpur district. Subsequently, on April 13, 1992, Mansa district was created by carving out the southeastern part of Bathinda district.
During the British era, most of present-day Bathinda district was part of Patiala State, with Bathinda functioning as a tehsil under its Barnala district. Some parts of the present district were also under other princely states—Nabha State, Jind State, and Faridkot State. Additionally, the Mehraj/Nathana area was part of Moga tehsil in Ferozepur district until 1959, when it was transferred to Bathinda district.

Demography

According to the 2011 census Bathinda district has a population of 1,388,525, roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 352nd in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 17.37%. Bathinda has a sex ratio of 865 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.6%. Scheduled Castes made up 32.44% of the population.
At the time of the 2011 census, 89.56% of the population spoke Punjabi and 8.61% Hindi as their first language.

Economy

In 2010–11, there were a total of 4,261 registered industrial units in Bathinda district. Of this, 12 were large and medium units. Small scale industries employed 22,744 workers and Large and Medium industries employed 6,865 people.

Health

The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Bathinda, as of year 2020.
The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Bathinda of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2020.

Indicators	Number of women	Percent	Percent
Underweight	72,366	17%	12%
Overweight/obesity	164,038	37%	24%
Hypertension	141,098	32%	15%
Diabetes	61,202	14%	NA
Anemia	261,533	-	-
Anemia	NA	NA	32%
Total women	20,789
Total women	437,786

The table below shows the current use of family planning methods by currently married women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Bathinda district.

Method	Total	Total	Urban	Rural
Female sterilization	17.5%	43.2%	37.6%	47.7 %
Male sterilization	0.8%	0.9%	0.4%	1.3%
IUD/PPIUD	6.2%	10.5%	12.1%	9.2%
Pill	2.5%	2.4%	2.4%	2.3%
Condom	13.2%	20.4%	22.3%	18.9%
Injectables	0.1%	0.0%	NA	NA
Any modern method	40.7%	77.3%	74.7%	79.3%
Any method	45.3%	82.6%	81.4%	83.6%
Total unmet need	17.7%	3.8%	3.9%	3.6%
Unmet need for spacing	4.9%	1.5%	1.5%	1.6%

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Bathinda district by year.

Administration

Bathinda is divided into the 4 tehsils of Bathinda, Rampura Phul, Maur and Talwandi Sabo. These tehsils are further divided into the nine blocks of Bathinda, Sangat, Nathana, Rampura, Phul, Maur, Balianwali, Bhagta Bhai ka and Talwandi Sabo.