Patiala District Population, Punjab - Census India 2011

Patiala is one of district of Punjab in India. There are 5 Tehsils, 912 villages and 13 towns in Patiala district.

As per the Census India 2011, Patiala district has 372293 households, population of 1895686 of which 1002522 are males and 893164 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 212892 which is 11.23% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Patiala district is around 891 compared to 895 which is average of Punjab state. The literacy rate of Patiala district is 66.82% out of which 70.93% males are literate and 62.22% females are literate. The total area of Patiala is 3325 sq.km with population density of 570 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 59.74% of population lives in Urban area and 40.26% lives in Rural area. There are 24.55% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Patiala district.

Patiala Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1895686	100%
Sikh	1059944	55.91%
Hindu	783306	41.32%
Muslim	40043	2.11%
Christian	5683	0.3%
Religion not stated	3141	0.17%
Jain	1914	0.1%
Other religions and persuasions	1410	0.07%
Buddhist	245	0.01%

Patiala 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)	155.19	3169.81
Number of households	158036	214257
Total Population	763280	1132406
Population (%)	52.89%	47.12%
Male Population	403722	598800
Female Population	359558	533606
Sex Ratio	891	891
Literacy (%)	75.72%	60.83%

List of Tehsils in Patiala

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

Patiala Population Facts

Number of Households	372293
Population	1895686
Male Population	1002522 (52.88%)
Female Population	893164 (47.12%)
Children Population	212892
Area	3325 km2
Population density/km2	570
Sex-ratio	891
Literacy	66.82%
Male Literacy	70.93%
Female Literacy	62.22%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	24.55%