Hoshiarpur is one of district of Punjab in India. There are 4 Tehsils, 1,416 villages and 13 towns in Hoshiarpur district.
As per the Census India 2011, Hoshiarpur district has 336,994 households, population of 1,586,625 of which 809,057 are males and 777,568 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 168,331 which is 10.61% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Hoshiarpur district is around
961 compared to
895 which is average of Punjab state. The literacy rate of Hoshiarpur district is 75.61% out of which 78.85% males are literate and 72.25% females are literate. The total area of Hoshiarpur is 3,386 sq.km with population density of 469 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 78.89% of population lives in Urban area and 21.11% lives in Rural area. There are 35.14% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Hoshiarpur district.
Hoshiarpur Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 1,586,625 | 100% |
| Hindu | 1,000,743 | 63.07% |
| Sikh | 538,208 | 33.92% |
| Muslim | 23,089 | 1.46% |
| Christian | 14,968 | 0.94% |
| Religion not stated | 3,576 | 0.23% |
| Buddhist | 3,476 | 0.22% |
| Jain | 2,034 | 0.13% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 531 | 0.03% |
Hoshiarpur 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) | 142 | 3,244 |
| Number of households | 72,163 | 264,831 |
| Total Population | 334,969 | 1,251,656 |
| Population (%) | 52.12% | 49.31% |
| Male Population | 174,587 | 634,470 |
| Female Population | 160,382 | 617,186 |
| Sex Ratio | 919 | 973 |
| Literacy (%) | 78.77% | 74.77% |
List of Tehsils in Hoshiarpur
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