Kapurthala district

**Kapurthala district** is a district of Punjab state in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters.

Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people by the 2011 census. The district is divided into two noncontiguous parts, the main Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi portion and the Phagwara tehsil or block.

The Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi part lies between north latitude 31° 07' and 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 36'. In the north it is bound by Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Amritsar districts, in the west by the Beas River and Amritsar district, and in south by the Sutlej River, Jalandhar district, and Hoshiaripur district.

Phagwara tehsil lies between north latitude 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 40' and 75° 55'. Phagwara lies on the National Highway No 1, and the tehsil is much more industrially developed than the remainder of Kapurthala District. Phagwara is situated at a distance of  southeast of Jalandhar, and the tehsil is bounded on two sides by Jalandhar District whereas north by Hoshiarpur district and east by S B S Nagar District.

The district has three subdivisions/tehsils: Kapurthala, Phagwara, and Sultanpur Lodhi. The total area of the district is  of which  is in Kapurthala tehsil,  is in Phagwara tehsil and  is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil. The economy of the district is still predominantly agricultural

## Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kapurthala district has a population of 815,168, roughly equal to the nation of Comoros or the US state of South Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 481st 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 8.37%. Kapurthala has a sex ratio of 912 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 80.2%. Scheduled Castes made up 33.94% of the population.

### Gender

The table below shows the sex ratio of Kapurthala district through decades.

|Census year|Ratio|
| --- | --- |
|2011|912|
|2001|887|
|1991|896|
|1981|898|
|1971|889|
|1961|886|
|1951|880|

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

|Year|Urban|Rural|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2011|896|859|
|2001|792|782|

### Religions

Sikhs are the majority in Kapurthala district, and dominate rural areas. Hindus are the majority in urban areas.

|rowspan="2"|Religious group|colspan="2"|1901|colspan="2"|1911|colspan="2"|1921|colspan="2"|1931|colspan="2"|1941|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|178,326||152,117||160,457||179,251||213,754||||
|93,652||61,426||58,412||64,319||61,546||||
|42,101||54,275||64,074||72,177||88,350||||
|226||205||228||27||380||||
|39||107||1,100||983||1,667||||
|4||3||4||0||6||||
|3||0||0||0||0||||
|0||0||0||0||0||||
|0||0||0||0||12,677||||
|colspan="11"||||||||||||

The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Kapurthala district.

|Religion|Urban (2011)|Rural (2011)|Urban (2001)|Rural (2001)|Urban (1991)|Rural (1991)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Hindu|183,623|152,501|150,751|135,687|106,614|104,987|
|Sikh|89,331|364,361|89,421|359,233|55,075|263,070|
|Muslim|3,965|6,225|2,461|3,947|573|2,156|
|Christian|1,900|3,545|1,406|2,947|566|1,302|
|Other religions|3,643|6,074|2,488|6,180|590|316|

### Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 91.20% of the population spoke Punjabi and 7.23% Hindi as their first language.==Demographics==

According to the 2011 census Kapurthala district has a population of 815,168, roughly equal to the nation of Comoros or the US state of South Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 481st 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 8.37%. Kapurthala has a sex ratio of 912 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 80.2%. Scheduled Castes made up 33.94% of the population.

### Gender

The table below shows the sex ratio of Kapurthala district through decades.

|Census year|Ratio|
| --- | --- |
|2011|912|
|2001|887|
|1991|896|
|1981|898|
|1971|889|
|1961|886|
|1951|880|

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

|Year|Urban|Rural|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2011|896|859|
|2001|792|782|

### Religions

Sikhs are the majority in Kapurthala district, and dominate rural areas. Hindus are the majority in urban areas.

|rowspan="2"|Religious group|colspan="2"|1901|colspan="2"|1911|colspan="2"|1921|colspan="2"|1931|colspan="2"|1941|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|178,326||152,117||160,457||179,251||213,754||||
|93,652||61,426||58,412||64,319||61,546||||
|42,101||54,275||64,074||72,177||88,350||||
|226||205||228||27||380||||
|39||107||1,100||983||1,667||||
|4||3||4||0||6||||
|3||0||0||0||0||||
|0||0||0||0||0||||
|0||0||0||0||12,677||||
|colspan="11"||||||||||||

The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Kapurthala district.

|Religion|Urban (2011)|Rural (2011)|Urban (2001)|Rural (2001)|Urban (1991)|Rural (1991)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Hindu|183,623|152,501|150,751|135,687|106,614|104,987|
|Sikh|89,331|364,361|89,421|359,233|55,075|263,070|
|Muslim|3,965|6,225|2,461|3,947|573|2,156|
|Christian|1,900|3,545|1,406|2,947|566|1,302|
|Other religions|3,643|6,074|2,488|6,180|590|316|

### Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 91.20% of the population spoke Punjabi and 7.23% Hindi as their first language.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Kapurthala district
- **settlement type**: List of districts of Punjab, India, District of Punjab, India, Punjab
- **image skyline**: Kapurthala Sainik School.jpg
- **image caption**: Kapurthala Sainik School, former palace of the Kapurthala State, Maharajas of Kapurthala
- **image map**: Kapurthala in Punjab (India).svg
- **map caption**: Location in Punjab
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: States and union territories of India, State
- **subdivision name1**: Punjab, India, Punjab
- **named for**: Nawab Kapur Singh
- **seat type**: Headquarters
- **seat**: Kapurthala
- **leader name1**: D P S Kharbanda IAS
- **leader title1**: Deputy commissioner
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1633
- **population total**: 815,168
- **population as of**: 2011
- **population density km2**: auto
- **demographics type1**: Languages
- **demographics1 title1**: Official
- **demographics1 info1**: Punjabi language, Punjabi
- **timezone1**: Indian Standard Time, IST
- **utc offset1**: +5:30
- **registration plate**: PB-09
- **blank1 name sec1**: Literacy
- **blank1 info sec1**: 80.20%