Firozpur District Population, Punjab - Census India 2011

Firozpur is one of district of Punjab in India. There are 5 Tehsils, 1000 villages and 15 towns in Firozpur district.

As per the Census India 2011, Firozpur district has 385994 households, population of 2029074 of which 1071637 are males and 957437 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 248103 which is 12.23% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Firozpur district is around 893 compared to 895 which is average of Punjab state. The literacy rate of Firozpur district is 60.5% out of which 65.98% males are literate and 54.36% females are literate. The total area of Firozpur is 5305 sq.km with population density of 382 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 72.77% of population lives in Urban area and 27.23% lives in Rural area. There are 42.17% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Firozpur district.

Firozpur Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	2029074	100%
Sikh	1090815	53.76%
Hindu	906408	44.67%
Christian	19358	0.95%
Muslim	6844	0.34%
Religion not stated	3774	0.19%
Jain	1143	0.06%
Buddhist	454	0.02%
Other religions and persuasions	278	0.01%

Firozpur Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	138.58	5166.42
Number of households	109027	276967
Total Population	552556	1476518
Population (%)	53.47%	47.43%
Male Population	295429	776208
Female Population	257127	700310
Sex Ratio	870	902
Literacy (%)	69.98%	56.95%

List of Tehsils in Firozpur

Check out complete list of all Tehsils of Firozpur district, Punjab

Firozpur Population Facts

Number of Households	385994
Population	2029074
Male Population	1071637 (52.81%)
Female Population	957437 (47.19%)
Children Population	248103
Area	5305 km2
Population density/km2	382
Sex-ratio	893
Literacy	60.5%
Male Literacy	65.98%
Female Literacy	54.36%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	42.17%