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.

+Sex ratio of Kapurthala districtCensus yearRatio2011912200188719918961981898197188919618861951880

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.

+Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Kapurthala districtYearUrbanRural20118968592001792782

Religions

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

+ Religious groups in Kapurthala State (British Punjab province era)Religiousgroup19011911192119311941 Islam 15px 178,326  152,117  160,457  179,251  213,754  Hinduism 15px 93,652  61,426  58,412  64,319  61,546  Sikhism 15px 42,101  54,275  64,074  72,177  88,350  Jainism 15px 226  205  228  27  380  Christianity 15px 39  107  1,100  983  1,667  Zoroastrianism 15px 4  3  4  0  6  Buddhism 15px 3  0  0  0  0  Judaism 15px 0  0  0  0  0  Others 0  0  0  0  12,677  Total population 314,351  268,133  284,275  316,757  378,380  

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

+Absolute numbers of different religious groups in Kapurthala districtReligionUrban (2011)Rural (2011)Urban (2001)Rural (2001)Urban (1991)Rural (1991)Hindu183,623152,501150,751135,687106,614104,987Sikh89,331364,36189,421359,23355,075263,070Muslim3,9656,2252,4613,9475732,156Christian1,9003,5451,4062,9475661,302Other religions3,6436,0742,4886,180590316

 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.

+Sex ratio of Kapurthala districtCensus yearRatio2011912200188719918961981898197188919618861951880

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.

+Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Kapurthala districtYearUrbanRural20118968592001792782

Religions

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

+ Religious groups in Kapurthala State (British Punjab province era)Religiousgroup19011911192119311941 Islam 15px 178,326  152,117  160,457  179,251  213,754  Hinduism 15px 93,652  61,426  58,412  64,319  61,546  Sikhism 15px 42,101  54,275  64,074  72,177  88,350  Jainism 15px 226  205  228  27  380  Christianity 15px 39  107  1,100  983  1,667  Zoroastrianism 15px 4  3  4  0  6  Buddhism 15px 3  0  0  0  0  Judaism 15px 0  0  0  0  0  Others 0  0  0  0  12,677  Total population 314,351  268,133  284,275  316,757  378,380  

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

+Absolute numbers of different religious groups in Kapurthala districtReligionUrban (2011)Rural (2011)Urban (2001)Rural (2001)Urban (1991)Rural (1991)Hindu183,623152,501150,751135,687106,614104,987Sikh89,331364,36189,421359,23355,075263,070Muslim3,9656,2252,4613,9475732,156Christian1,9003,5451,4062,9475661,302Other religions3,6436,0742,4886,180590316

 Language 

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

Notes

References

Category:Districts of Punjab, India