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 (north), Barnala (west), Patiala (east), Mansa (southwest) and Fatehabad (Haryana) and Jind (Haryana) (south).
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.
Origin and history
The administrative district of Sangrur was created in 1948. Earlier the area fell in the Nabha Princely State. 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 (including Malerkotla 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 (out of a total of 640). 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 (30.08%) of the population.
Literacy rate
The table below shows the literacy rate of different CD blocks of Sangrur district, as of 2011.
Religion
Sikhism is followed by majority of the people in the Sangrur district. Hinduism is followed by a considerable population. 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.
Politics
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. By-election to Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency is scheduled to be held on 23 June 2022.
Villages
Uppli
Historical Places and Monuments
Banasar Bagh, Sangrur
Suraj Kund Mandir, Sunam
Jind State Memorial Museum, Sangrur
Ancestral House of Sardar Udham Singh, Sunam - The house of India's independence activist has been renovated and converted into a museum. Apart from the building itself, around 30 letters and other objects related to him are at display in the museum.
Shahi Samadhan, Sangrur
Clock Tower, Sangrur
Fort Badrukhan - The fort was the residence of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's mother, Sardarni Raj Kaur.
Notable people
Karamjit Anmol, actor, comedian and singer
Aman Arora, politician
Brish Bhan, freedom fighter, politician
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, politician
Binnu Dhillon, actor and comedian
Parminder Singh Dhindsa, politician
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, politician
Megh R. Goyal, an influential engineer and professor in Puerto Rico, where he did pioneer work on irrigation
Naresh Goyal, founder of Jet Airways
Bhagwant Mann, actor, comedian and current chief Minister of Punjab
Roshan Prince, singer and actor
Rana Ranbir, actor, comedian, and writer
Udham Singh, Indian independence activist
Amarjeet Sohi, Canadian politician
Gurbachan Singh Talib, a Sikh scholar, professor, and author
Ranjit Singh Dhadrian Wala, Sikh preacher
See also
PGIMER Satellite Centre Sangrur
References
External links
Official website of Sangrur
History of Sangrur
Districts of Punjab, India