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). The district is part of the Patiala division.

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. Parts of the district are located in the Tihara sub-region of the larger Malwa region.

History Before 1773, Sangrur town was part of the Nabha state. In 1773–74, it came under the control of the Jind State following a quarrel between the two states. The region that now forms Sangrur district was historically divided among the princely states of Kaithal, Nabha, Jind, and Patiala. Until 1843, the parganas of Ghabdan and Khadial were part of Kaithal State. After Kaithal was annexed by the British, a few villages from the Mahalan Ghabdan area were transferred to Jind State as part of an exchange. During the British era, Sangrur, Badrukha, and 43 nearby villages (now in sangrur and sunam tehsil) were part of Jind State.Punjab Phulkian States Gazetteers, Volume XVII-A, 1904, Available at Archive.org However, the majority of the territory that now forms Sangrur district belonged to Patiala State, including areas like Sunam, Dhuri, Dirba, Moonak, Longowal, & Bhawanigarh with some areas also belonging to Nabha State.Census Report 1941 Patiala State, BY Lt. Col. Sukhdev Singh, Superintendent, Census Operations, page 10, Census of India Digital Library

In 1948, after the end of princely rule, the modern Sangrur district was created from territories of Nabha, Jind, and Patiala states and formed part of PEPSU.Page no. iii - Punjab, India Census book part I-A report 1951 In 1953, the Barnala district was abolished, and its tehsils—Dhuri, Malerkotla, Barnala, and part of Phul—were merged into Sangrur. In 1956, PEPSU was merged with Punjab.Page no.- 68, Census of india, Vol. XIII Punjab 1961 census.gov.in In 1966, Jind and Narwana tehsils were transferred to form the new Haryana state Jind district during the Punjab Reorganisation.Jind District History gov.in Later, in 2006, the entire Barnala tehsil was separated from Sangrur to form Barnala district.History of Barnala gov.in In 2021, Malerkotla tehsil was carved out to create the new Malerkotla district.About Malerkotla district

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.

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

+ Sex ratio of Sangrur district Census year 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 Sex ratio 820 832 840 860 870 870 885

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

+Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Sangrur districtYearUrbanRural20118698272001803779

Literacy The table below shows the literacy rate of different CD blocks of Sangrur district, as of 2011.

+Literacy rate by blocks in Sangrur district - Census 2011Sr. No.BlockTotalMaleFemaleGap1Malerkotla-I 72.48%78.12%66.25%11.87%2Malerkotla-II 73.34%79.03%66.97%12.06%3 Sherpur 68.40%73.14% 63.08%10.06%4 Dhuri 69.01%74.77%62.58%12.19%5 Bhawanigarh 65.81% 71.62%59.29%12.33%6 Sangrur64.62%69.50%59.09%10.41%7 Sunam 58.60%63.45%53.10%10.35%8 Lehragaga 55.24%60.60%49.20%11.40%9 Andana 59.90%67.43%51.60%15.83% Sangrur District 64.79% 70.22%58.70%11.52%

Religion

+Religion in tehsils of Sangrur districtTehsilSikhism (%)Hinduism (%)Islam (%)Others (%)Dhuri72.4222.304.760.52Sangrur70.6326.212.750.41Sunam76.3120.732.40.56Lehra77.7319.762.110.40Moonak40.9556.002.180.87 Sikhism is followed by majority of the people in the Sangrur district. Hinduism is followed by a considerable population, and is majority in the border along Haryana. 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.

Health The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Sangrur, as of year 2019-21.

+ District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Sangrur, year 2020IndicatorsPercent (2019-21)Percent (2015-16)Stunted23.4%27.3%Wasted10.4%18.0%Severely wasted3.8%7.8%Underweight18.1%19.2%Overweight/obesity2.7%5.5%Anemia66.9%51.4%

The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Sangrur of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2019-21.

+District nutritional profile of Sangrur of women of 15-49 years, in 2020Indicators Percent (2019-21)Percent (2015-16)Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2)14.1%14.8%Overweight/obesity37.6%30.3%Anemia (non-preg)52.7%46.9%Anemia (preg)49.4%53.3%

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Sangrur district (including Malerkotla) by year.

+Road accidents and people affected in Sangrur district (including Malerkotla) by yearYearAccidentsKilledInjuredVehicles Involved2022340229210571202136125721959520203472412086452019393240286688

Economy In 2009-10, there were a total of 10,695 registered industrial units in Sangrur district. Of these, 23 were large and medium units. Small scale industries employed 53,259 workers and large and medium industries employed 10,325 people.

Politics No. Constituency Name of MLA PartyBench99Lehragaga Barinder Kumar Goyal Government100Dirba (SC)Harpal Singh Cheema Government101SunamAman Arora Government102Malerkotla (SC)Mohammad Jamil Ur Rehman Government103Amargarh Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra Government104Dhuri Bhagwant Mann Government105Sangrur Narinder Kaur Bharaj Government 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.

Subdistricts of Sangrur district According to the Indian government's integrated online directory, Sangrur district is divided into the following subdistricts (tehsils/subdivisions) and blocks:

Subdistricts Bhawanigarh Dhuri Dirba Lehra Moonak Sangrur Sunam Blocks: Andana Bhawani Garh Chhajli Dhuri Dirba Lehragaga Sangrur Sherpur Sunam Sunam Udham Singh Wala-2 At Sangrur

Villages

Uppli

Historical Places and Monuments Banasar Bagh, Sangrur Suraj Kund Mandir, Sunam Bir Aishvan Wildlife Sanctuary Gurudwara Nankiana Sahib 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, Raj Kaur.

Notable people

Gulab Kaur, Indian freedom fighter 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 Ajmer Singh, a sprint runner athlete Amritpal Singh, a long jump athlete G. K. Singh, civil servant Manvir Singh, football player Udham Singh, Indian independence activist Amarjeet Sohi, Canadian politician Gurbachan Singh Talib, a Sikh scholar, professor, and author Ranjit Singh Dhadrian Wala, Sikh preacher

Educational institutions Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology

See also PGIMER Satellite Centre Sangrur Bir Aishvan Wildlife Sanctuary- Wildlife Sanctuary in the district

References

External links

History of Sangrur