Sangrur district


Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in northern India. Sangrur city is the district headquarters. It is one of the five districts in Patiala Division in the Indian state of Punjab. Neighbouring districts are Malerkotla, Barnala, Patiala, Mansa and Fatehabad (Haryana) and Jind .
Sangrur consists of the cities of Dhuri, Lehragaga, Sangrur, and Sunam. Other cities are Bhawanigarh, Dirba, Khanauri, Longowal, Cheema and Moonak. There are 7 sub-divisions, being Sangrur, Dhuri, Sunam, Lehragaga, Moonak, Bhawanigarh and Dirba. Till 2006, Barnala was also a part of Sangrur district, but now it is a separate district. In 2021, a new district Malerkotla district, consisting of Malerkotla and Ahmedgarh subdivisions and the Amargarh sub-tehsil, was formed out of Sangrur district.
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History

Before 1773, Sangrur town was part of the Nabha state. In 1773–74, it came under the control of the Jind State following a quarrel between the two states. The region that now forms Sangrur district was historically divided among the princely states of Kaithal, Nabha, Jind, and Patiala. Until 1843, the parganas of Ghabdan and Khadial were part of Kaithal State. After Kaithal was annexed by the British, a few villages from the Mahalan Ghabdan area were transferred to Jind State as part of an exchange. During the British era, Sangrur, Badrukha, and 43 nearby villages were part of Jind State. However, the majority of the territory that now forms Sangrur district belonged to Patiala State, including areas like Sunam, Dhuri, Dirba, Moonak, Longowal, & Bhawanigarh with some areas also belonging to Nabha State.
In 1948, after the end of princely rule, the modern Sangrur district was created from territories of Nabha, Jind, and Patiala states and formed part of PEPSU. In 1953, the Barnala district was abolished, and its tehsils—Dhuri, Malerkotla, Barnala, and part of Phul—were merged into Sangrur. In 1956, PEPSU was merged with Punjab. In 1966, Jind and Narwana tehsils were transferred to form the new Haryana state Jind district during the Punjab Reorganisation. Later, in 2006, the entire Barnala tehsil was separated from Sangrur to form Barnala district. In 2021, Malerkotla tehsil was carved out to create the new Malerkotla district.
Settlements in Sangrur trace back to the pre-Harappan period. Recent excavations in Rohira in Sangrur have revealed a 10-metre high mound with settlements dating back to 2300 BC. Excavations from Mard Khera village have led to the discovery of pottery from the Harappan period. Remnants of pottery from the Kushan period have also been discovered.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sangrur district had a population of 1,655,169 of which male and female were 878,029 and 777,140 respectively, roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau or the US state of Idaho. This gives it a ranking of 300st in India. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.3%. Sangrur has a sex ratio of 885 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 67.99%.
After bifurcation, the district had a population of 1,225,415. Scheduled Castes made up 368,562 of the population.

Gender

The table below shows the sex ratio of Sangrur district through decades.
Census year1951196119711981199120012011
Sex ratio820832840860870870885

The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Sangrur district.
YearUrbanRural
2011869827
2001803779

Literacy

The table below shows the literacy rate of different CD blocks of Sangrur district, as of 2011.
Sr. No.BlockTotalMaleFemaleGap
1Malerkotla-I72.48%78.12%66.25%11.87%
2Malerkotla-II73.34%79.03%66.97%12.06%
3Sherpur68.40%73.14%63.08%10.06%
4Dhuri69.01%74.77%62.58%12.19%
5Bhawanigarh65.81%71.62%59.29%12.33%
6Sangrur64.62%69.50%59.09%10.41%
7Sunam58.60%63.45%53.10%10.35%
8Lehragaga55.24%60.60%49.20%11.40%
9Andana59.90%67.43%51.60%15.83%
Sangrur District64.79%70.22%58.70%11.52%

Religion

TehsilSikhism Hinduism Islam Others
Dhuri72.4222.304.760.52
Sangrur70.6326.212.750.41
Sunam76.3120.732.40.56
Lehra77.7319.762.110.40
Moonak40.9556.002.180.87

Sikhism is followed by majority of the people in the Sangrur district. Hinduism is followed by a considerable population, and is majority in the border along Haryana. Before the division of Malerkotla district, Sangrur had the largest population of Muslims in Punjab. However in the residual district Muslims are a small minority.

Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 94.93% of the population spoke Punjabi, 3.12% Hindi and 1.48% Haryanvi as their first language.

Health

The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Sangrur, as of year 2019-21.
The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Sangrur of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2019-21.
IndicatorsPercent Percent
Underweight 14.1%14.8%
Overweight/obesity37.6%30.3%
Anemia 52.7%46.9%
Anemia 49.4%53.3%

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

Economy

In 2009-10, there were a total of 10,695 registered industrial units in Sangrur district. Of these, 23 were large and medium units. Small scale industries employed 53,259 workers and large and medium industries employed 10,325 people.

Administration

Sangrur district is further sub-divided into 7 sub-divisions/tehsils -
Bhawanigarh, Dhuri, Dirba, Lehragaga, Moonak, Sangrur and Sunam.
The district is part of the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages

Historical Places and Monuments

Notable people

Educational institutions

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology