Sirsa district


Sirsa district is the largest district by area in Haryana state, India. Sirsa is the district headquarters. It is located on National Highway 9 and from the capital Delhi. On 1 September 1975, Sirsa became a district by taking Sirsa and Dabwali tahsils from Hisar District. There are a total of 342 villages in Sirsa district.
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Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sirsa as one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the two districts in Haryana that used to receive funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sirsa district has a population of 1,295,189, roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius or the US state of New Hampshire. This gives it a ranking of 378th in India. The district has a population density of. As of the 2011 census, its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.99%, with a sex ratio of 897 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 70.9%. Scheduled Castes make up 29.91% of the population.

Religion

ReligionPopulation Percentage
Hinduism 98,161
Islam 78,048
Sikhism 36,657
Christianity 420
Others1,118
Total Population214,404

Languages

Hindi is the official language of the district, while Punjabi and English serve as additional official languages. Punjabi is also the most spoken language of the district. Other languages with significant speakers are Bagri and Haryanvi.
RankLanguage18811961199120012011
1Punjabi57.00%—35.54%33.42%41.47%
2Hindi——65.34%65.94%58.03%
3Urdu——0.02%0.07%0.47%
—Hindustani43.00%————
—Other——0.10%0.57%1.36%

Notable people from Sirsa district