Sri Muktsar Sahib district
Sri Muktsar Sahib district | |
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UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 152026 |
Telephone code | 01633 |
Sex ratio | 1000/891 ♂/♀ |
Literacy | 69% |
Website | muktsar |
Sri Muktsar Sahib district, is one of the 23 districts in the Indian state of
History
Guru Angad (Nanak II), the Second Guru of the Sikhs was born in the village Matte-di-Sarai (Sarainaga) in 1504 in the same district.[2]
The last battlefield of the tenth
The Sri Muktsar Sahib district was formed as a new district on 7 November 1995 by the separation of the Muktsar subdivision from the Faridkot district.[3]
The district has many historical
The Mela Maghi fair is celebrated annually in January in the Sri Muktsar Sahib city in remembrance of the forty martyrs (liberated ones).[clarification needed]
The Muktsari jutti is famous throughout the world. The shops making and selling these pieces of art are located around the Gurudwara Sahib in the heart of Sri Muktsar Sahib city. Gidderbaha manufactures naswaar which is supplied throughout India.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1951 | 266,498 | — |
1961 | 382,776 | +3.69% |
1971 | 430,991 | +1.19% |
1981 | 547,394 | +2.42% |
1991 | 654,434 | +1.80% |
2001 | 777,493 | +1.74% |
2011 | 901,896 | +1.50% |
source:[4] |
According to the
Gender
The table below shows the sex ratio of Muktsar district through decades.
Census year | Ratio |
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2011 | 896 |
2001 | 891 |
1991 | 880 |
1981 | 885 |
1971 | 863 |
1961 | 846 |
1951 | 862 |
The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Muktsar district.
Year | Urban | Rural |
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2011 | 828 | 832 |
2001 | 804 | 814 |
Religion
The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Muktsar district.
Religion | Urban (2011) | Rural (2011) | Urban (2001) | Rural (2001) |
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Hindu | 1,58,174 | 96,746 | 1,24,738 | 71,301 |
Sikh | 90,065 | 5,48,560 | 71,494 | 5,04,737 |
Muslim | 2,043 | 2,290 | 1,011 | 1,632 |
Christian | 776 | 905 | 503 | 900 |
Other religions | 1,133 | 1,204 | 818 | 359 |
Language
At the time of the 2011 census, 92.13% of the population spoke Punjabi and 6.79% Hindi as their first language. Bagri is spoken in the south of the district along the Rajasthan and Haryana border.[12]
Health
The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Muktsar, as of year 2020.
Indicators | Number of children (<5 years) | Percent (2020) | Percent (2016) |
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Stunted | 25,388 | 35% | 32% |
Wasted | 9,872 | 14% | 16% |
Severely wasted | 4,679 | 6% | 4% |
Underweight | 22,283 | 31% | 22% |
Overweight/obesity | 2,009 | 3% | 4% |
Anemia | 44,941 | 69% | 64% |
Total children | 72,537 |
The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Muktsar, of women between the ages of 15 to 49 years, as of year 2020.
Indicators | Number of women (15-49 years) | Percent (2020) | Percent (2016) |
---|---|---|---|
Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2) | 52,395 | 18% | 15% |
Overweight/obesity | 87,495 | 31% | 26% |
Hypertension | 69,433 | 24% | 21% |
Diabetes | 38,428 | 14% | NA |
Anemia (non-preg) | 173,312 | 61% | 48% |
Anemia (preg) | NA | NA | 43% |
Total women (preg) | 14,544 | ||
Total women | 284,445 |
Politics
No. | Constituency | Name of MLA | Party | Bench | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
83 | Lambi | Gurmeet Singh Khudian
|
Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
84 | Gidderbaha | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | Indian National Congress | Opposition | |
85 | Malout (SC) | Dr. Baljit Kaur | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
86 | Muktsar | Jagdeep Singh Brar
|
Aam Aadmi Party | Government |
Notable people
- Deep Sidhu, actor
- Diljeet Brar, Canadian politician
- Gurkeerat Singh, cricketer
- Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, politician, president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
- Parkash Singh Badal, politician, former chief minister of Punjab
- Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar, politician
- Kanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi, politician
- Deepinder Goyal, co-founder of Zomato
See also
References
- ^ Prabhjot Singh (31 January 2010). "Muktsar is now Sri Muktsar Sahib". The Tribune, Chandigarh. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji".
- ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0310_PART_B_DCHB_MUKTSAR.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- ^ a b c "District Census Hand Book – Muktsar" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est.
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
Delaware 897,934
- ^ "District-wise Decadal Sex ratio in Punjab". Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India". data.gov.in. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religious Community: Punjab". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ "Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India". data.gov.in. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Punjab". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-07/Muktsar-Punjab.pdf
- ^ https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-07/Muktsar-Punjab.pdf