Sangrur District Population, Punjab - Census India 2011

Sangrur is one of district of Punjab in India. There are 6 Tehsils, 571 villages and 14 towns in Sangrur district.

As per the Census India 2011, Sangrur district has 318870 households, population of 1655169 of which 878029 are males and 777140 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 181334 which is 10.96% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Sangrur district is around 885 compared to 895 which is average of Punjab state. The literacy rate of Sangrur district is 60.54% out of which 64.97% males are literate and 55.55% females are literate. The total area of Sangrur is 3625 sq.km with population density of 457 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 68.83% of population lives in Urban area and 31.17% lives in Rural area. There are 27.89% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Sangrur district.

Sangrur Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1655169	100%
Sikh	1077438	65.1%
Hindu	389410	23.53%
Muslim	179116	10.82%
Jain	3222	0.19%
Christian	2406	0.15%
Religion not stated	2271	0.14%
Other religions and persuasions	1038	0.06%
Buddhist	268	0.02%

Sangrur 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)	159.25	3465.75
Number of households	101006	217864
Total Population	515965	1139204
Population (%)	52.98%	46.92%
Male Population	273376	604653
Female Population	242589	534551
Sex Ratio	887	884
Literacy (%)	66.52%	57.83%

List of Tehsils in Sangrur

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

Sangrur Population Facts

Number of Households	318870
Population	1655169
Male Population	878029 (53.05%)
Female Population	777140 (46.95%)
Children Population	181334
Area	3625 km2
Population density/km2	457
Sex-ratio	885
Literacy	60.54%
Male Literacy	64.97%
Female Literacy	55.55%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	27.89%