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 372,293 households, population of 1,895,686 of which 1,002,522 are males and 893,164 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 212,892 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 3,325 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	1,895,686	100%
Sikh	1,059,944	55.91%
Hindu	783,306	41.32%
Muslim	40,043	2.11%
Christian	5,683	0.3%
Religion not stated	3,141	0.17%
Jain	1,914	0.1%
Other religions and persuasions	1,410	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	3,170
Number of households	158,036	214,257
Total Population	763,280	1,132,406
Population (%)	52.89%	47.12%
Male Population	403,722	598,800
Female Population	359,558	533,606
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	372,293
Population	1,895,686
Male Population	1,002,522 (52.88%)
Female Population	893,164 (47.12%)
Children Population	212,892
Area	3,325 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%