Muktsar is one of district of Punjab in India. There are 3 Tehsils, 234 villages and 4 towns in Muktsar district.
As per the Census India 2011, Muktsar district has 174,360 households, population of 901,896 of which 475,622 are males and 426,274 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 104,419 which is 11.58% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Muktsar district is around
896 compared to
895 which is average of Punjab state. The literacy rate of Muktsar district is 58.19% out of which 63.16% males are literate and 52.65% females are literate. The total area of Muktsar is 2,593 sq.km with population density of 348 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 72.04% of population lives in Urban area and 27.96% lives in Rural area. There are 42.31% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Muktsar district.
Muktsar Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 901,896 | 100% |
| Sikh | 638,625 | 70.81% |
| Hindu | 254,920 | 28.26% |
| Muslim | 4,333 | 0.48% |
| Christian | 1,681 | 0.19% |
| Religion not stated | 920 | 0.1% |
| Jain | 744 | 0.08% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 433 | 0.05% |
| Buddhist | 240 | 0.03% |
Muktsar 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) | 63 | 2,530 |
| Number of households | 50,236 | 124,124 |
| Total Population | 252,191 | 649,705 |
| Population (%) | 52.9% | 47.33% |
| Male Population | 133,420 | 342,202 |
| Female Population | 118,771 | 307,503 |
| Sex Ratio | 890 | 899 |
| Literacy (%) | 67.29% | 54.66% |
List of Tehsils in Muktsar
Check out complete list of all Tehsils of Muktsar district, Punjab
| Tehsil | Population | Area (km2) | Pop. Density | Sex-ratio |
|---|
| Malout | 348,165 | 1,055 | 330 | 896 |
| Muktsar | 330,794 | 885 | 374 | 894 |
| Gidderbaha | 222,937 | 654 | 341 | 899 |
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