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Country
  
District
  
Sangrur district

PIN
  
148001

Area
  
3,685 km²

Population
  
1.654 million (2010)

State
  
Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
01672

Elevation
  
232 m

Area code
  
01672

Sangrur district httpsiytimgcomvi8kvIiUZXkgchqdefaultjpg

Colleges and Universities
  
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology

Points of interest
  
Delhi Gate, Grewal Chowk, Haweli, Ramlila Ground

Sangrur district (Punjabi: ਸੰਗਰੂਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ) is in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. Earlier Barnala was part of Sangrur district, but now Barnala is a separate district. Sangrur consists of the cities of Dhuri, Lehragaga, Malerkotla, Sangrur, and Sunam. Other cities are Ahmedgarh, Amargarh, Bhawanigarh, Dirba, Khanauri, Longowal and Moonak. There are 8 sub-divisions in sangrur district namely sangrur, Malerkotla, Dhuri, Sunam, Lehragaga, Moonak, ahmedgarh and bhawanigarh.

Contents

Map of Sangrur, Punjab

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sangrur 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 449 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,160/sq mi) . 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%.

Notable People

  • Udham Singh, Indian independence activist, who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer in March 1940
  • Surjit Singh Barnala, former chief ministers of Indian Punjab
  • Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa,senior Akali leader and former Union cabinet minister.
  • Naresh Goyal, founder of Jet Airways
  • Gurchet Chitarkar, actor
  • Binnu Dhillon, actor & Comedian
  • Rana Ranbir, actor, Comedian & Writer
  • Irshad Kamil, lyricist and poet
  • Surjit Singh Barnala, politician
  • Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, politician
  • Administrative Sub-divisions

    Sangrur district is further sub-divided into 6 sub-divisions/tehsils - Dhuri, Lehragaga, Malerkotla, Moonak, Sangrur and Sunam.

    References

    Sangrur district Wikipedia


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