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LECTURE-10
POPULATION OF PUNJAB
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POPULATION OF PUNJAB
POPULATION OF PUNJAB (CENSUS 2011)
• The first systematic census was conducted all over India in 1872. ( Non Synchronous).
• First synchronous census was conducted in 1881.
Census 2011
• According to 2011 census, the total Population of Punjab is 2,77,43,338. This is 2.30% of the total
population of India and Punjab is at 16th rank amongst all 28 states of India.
• The decadal change i.e. increase in population from 2001 to 2011 is 13.89%. The decadal growth rate is
lowest since 1961.
• The population of Punjab in 2001 was 2,43,58,999. As per estimates, the population of Punjab in 2021 is
3.18 crore.
• Urban & Rural Population: In Punjab, majority of people live in rural areas. In terms of percentage
of population, urban population constitutes only 37.49% whereas rural population is 62.51% of the total
population.
• The Literacy Rate: The literacy rate in Punjab is 75.84% which is better than the national average of
73.0%.
• The male literacy rate is 80.4% and female literacy rate is 70.7%. The male literacy rate is slightly less than
national average of 80.9%.
• Density: Punjab is one of the densely populated states of India. The population density is 551, which
is higher as compared to all India average of 382.
• Amongst all the districts of Punjab, Ludhiana has the highest population density of 978, followed by
Amritsar with population density of 928.
• Sex Ratio: Sex ratio is measured as number of females per 1000 males and the sex ratio in Punjab is 895.
• The figures are better in rural area than the urban area, having a value of 907 in rural population and 875
in urban population.
• The corresponding figures in 2001 were - 876 (Total), 890 (Rural), 849 (Urban).
• Sex ratio in Punjab in the age group of 0 to 6 years is just 846, which will create a serious social problem
in the coming times.
• The value is 844 is the rural folks and 852 in the urban people.
• Hoshiarpur district has the highest sex ratio of 961 and district Bathinda has the lowest sex ratio in
Punjab where it is just 868.
Demographic Profile
• The majority of population of Punjab belong to Sikh religion.
• The percentage of Sikh population in Punjab is 57.69% of the total population of the state.
• The next major religion in Punjab is Hindu religion, which is followed by the 38.49% of the total
population.
• The Sikh and Hindu community forms more than 96% of the total population of state.
• The total Muslim population in Punjab is around 5.35 lakh and the ratio of Muslims in the state is only
1.93%.
• It is interesting to note that the Muslims are in majority in the Malerkotla town, where this religious group
constitute around 69% of the total persons in the town.
• Scheduled Caste Population in Punjab
• The proportion of scheduled caste population is highest in Punjab. SC population in Punjab is 88.6
lakh, which is 31.9% of the total population of state.
• At the all India level, this proportion is 16.6%. The percentage of scheduled castes is 22.7 in urban areas
and 37.5 in rural areas.
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# District Population Increase Sex Ratio Literacy Density
1 Ludhiana 3,498,739 15.36 % 873 82.20 % 978
2 Amritsar 2,490,656 15.47 % 889 76.27 % 928
3 Gurdaspur 2,298,323 9.26 % 895 79.95 % 647
4 Jalandhar 2,193,590 11.76 % 915 82.48 % 836
5 Firozpur 2,029,074 16.21 % 893 68.92 % 382
6 Patiala 1,895,686 19.62 % 891 75.28 % 570
7 Sangrur 1,655,169 12.35 % 885 67.99 % 457
8 Hoshiarpur 1,586,625 7.11 % 961 84.59 % 469
9 Bathinda 1,388,525 17.34 % 868 68.28 % 414
10 Tarn Taran 1,119,627 19.23 % 900 67.81 % 464
11 Moga 995,746 11.28 % 893 70.68 % 444
12 Mohali 994,628 33.15 % 879 83.80 % 909
13 Muktsar 901,896 16.00 % 896 65.81 % 348
14 Kapurthala 815,168 8.04 % 912 79.07 % 499
15 Mansa 769,751 11.76 % 883 61.83 % 350
16 Rupnagar 684,627 8.87 % 915 82.19 % 505
17 Faridkot 617,508 12.09 % 890 69.55 % 424
Shahid
18 Bhagat Singh 612,310 4.23 % 954 79.78 % 478
Nagar
Fatehgarh
19 600,163 11.46 % 871 79.35 % 509
Sahib
20 Barnala 595,527 13.02 % 876 67.82 % 402
Population density of districts of Punjab - census 2011
Sr. No. District Density (persons per square kilometre)
1 Ludhiana 978
2 Amritsar 928
3 SAS Nagar 909
4 Jalandhar 836
5 Gurdaspur 647
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Bottom districts
6 Bathinda 414
7 Barnala 402
8 Ferozepur 382
9 Mansa 350
10 Sri Muktsar Sahib 348
Sex ratio of Punjab by district, 2011 census
Sr. No. District Ratio
1 Hoshiarpur 961
2 SBS Nagar 954
3 Rupnagar 915
4 Jalandhar 915
5 Kapurthala 912
BOTTOM DISTRICTS
18 Barnala 876
19 Ludhiana 873
20 Fatehgarh Sahib 871
21 Pathankot 869
22 Bathinda 868
Literacy rate by districts - Census 2011
Sr. No. District Percentage
1 Hoshiarpur 84.59%
2 Mohali 83.80%
3 Jalandhar 82.48%
4 Ludhiana 82.20%
5 Rupnagar 82.19%
BOTTOM
16 Sangrur 67.99%
17 Barnala 67.82%
18 Tarn Taran 67.81%
19 Muktsar 65.81%
20 Mansa 61.83%
Districts Name Male Female Total
Hoshiarpur 89.9 80.8 85.4
S.A.S. Nagar 89.2 80 84.9
Roopnagar 88.9 77.2 83.3
Ludhiana 86.3 78.2 82.7
Jalandhar 86.1 78.3 82.4
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Bottom
Sangrur 74.2 62.9 68.9
Barnala 73.1 64.1 68.9
TarnTaran 75.4 62.9 67.8
Muktsar 72.9 60 66.6
Mansa 68.4 56.4 62.8
Urban-Rural literacy rate of Punjab (2011)
Districts Urban % Rural %
Hoshiarpur 78.77% 74.77%
Rupnagar 77.50% 72.00
Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 74.04% 70.98%
Jalandhar 77.03% 70.53%
Ludhiana 75.28% 70.12%
BOTTOM DISTRICTS
Faridkot 69.79% 57.38%
Firozpur 69.98% 56.95%
Bathinda 70.45% 55.46%
Muktsar 67.29% 54.66%
Mansa 67.43% 51.68%
Human Development index of Punjab by district
Sr. No. District 2017
1 Ludhiana 0.794
2 Moga 0.695
3 Sangrur 0.669
4 Bathinda 0.659
5 Tarn Taran 0.654
18 Muktsar 0.572
19 Firozpur 0.563
20 Pathankot 0.538
21 Fazilka 0.505
22 Gurdaspur 0.503
Caste Population data of Punjab
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Constitutional categories Population (%)
Other Backward Classes (OBC) 31.3%
Scheduled Castes 31.9%
Others 33%
religious minorities 3.8%
Scheduled Caste population by district (2011)
Sr. No. District Percentage
1 Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 42.51%
2 Muktsar 42.31%
3 Fazilka 42.27%
4 Firozpur 42.07%
5 Jalandhar 38.95%
BOTTOM DISTRICTS
18 Ludhiana 26.39%
19 Rupnagar 25.42%
20 Patiala 24.55%
21 Gurdaspur 23.03%
22 SAS Nagar 21.74%
Percentage of rural population by district - Census 2011
Sr. No. District Rural percentage
22 Tarn Taran 87.34%
21 SBS Nagar 79.52%
20 Hoshiarpur 78.89%
19 Mansa 78.75%
18 Gurdaspur 77.73%
BOTTOM DISTRICTS
Punjab (whole)- 62.52%
5 Pathankot 55.93%
4 Jalandhar 47.07%
3 Amritsar 46.42%
2 SAS Nagar 45.24%
1 Ludhiana 40.84%
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF PUNJAB
• A Division is a cluster of districts, created for the purpose of civil administration. At present, there are total
5 division of Punjab namely
• Jalandhar
• Patiala
• Ropar
• Faridkot
• Firozpur.
• The administrative head of a division is called as Divisional Commissioner or simply Commissioner. An
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officer from the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) is appointed as the commissioner of a division.
• The Faridkot Division of Punjab was established in 1996.
• The Rupnagar district was formed as an Independent Sessions Division on August 1, 1972
• On 15 August 1973, Ferozepur Division was formed.
1. Faridkot: Faridkot has 3 districts under it and names of these districts are Faridkot, Bathinda and
Mansa.
2. Firozpur: Firozpur division has 4 districts. These districts are - Firozpur, Moga, Shri Muktsar Sahib and
Fazilka.
3. Jalandhar: There are total 7 districts in this division. The names of these districts are - Jalandhar,
Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur.
4. Patiala: There are 6 districts under this division. Ludhiana, the largest district of Punjab is also in
Patiala division. The other districts are - Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ludhiana and
Malerkotla.
5. Ropar: The Ropar (or Rupnagar) division has 3 districts in it - Ropar (Rupnagar), Ajitgarh (Mohali) and
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr).
Malerkotla District
• Malerkotla district was carved out of Sangrur as the 23rd district of Punjab on 02 June, 2021.
• District Malerkotla is divided into three subdivisions Malerkotla, Amargarh and Ahmedgarh. Malerkotla
district has a population of 429,754 as per the 2011 census report.
• The density of population in Malerkotla is 837 persons per square kilometer.
• Malerkotla is one of the five districts in Patiala Division. The district takes its name from the princely state
of Malerkotla that existed under the British Raj.
• It was later on merged with other nearby princely states to create the Patiala and East Punjab States Union
(PEPSU). Subsequently it became a Tehsil of Sangrur District when PEPSU was merged with Punjab.
• It is bounded by Ludhiana district in the north, by Barnala district in the west, by Patiala district in the east
and by Sangrur district in the south.
• The headquarters of the District is located at Malerkotla City.
• The city is situated on NH 11 and on secondary Ludhiana-Delhi railway line.
• Malerkotla is famous for its poets and monuments. It is a major supplier of vegetables to this part of Punjab.
• It is also known for its metal industry and also for the manufacture of agricultural machinery.
Smallest district of Punjab
• Pathankot, with a total area of 929 sq. km., is the smallest district of Punjab in terms of area. Some
sources say Mohali (SAS Nagar) as the smallest district of Punjab, which is no longer correct answer. The
total area of Mohali district is 1093 sq. km., which is higher than the area of Pathankot district.
• If we consider the total population of a district, then Barnala is the smallest district of Punjab. The
total population of Barnala district is 5.96 lakh (census 2011) and this is lower than any other district of
Punjab.
Largest district of Punjab
• Ludhiana is the largest district of Punjab both by area and population. The area of Ludhiana district
is 3767 sq. km. and its total population according to census 2011 is almost 35 lakh.
Border Districts:
• There are six border districts in Punjab which share the boundary with Pakistan. These districts are
• Pathankot
• Gurdaspur
• Amritsar
• Tarn Taran
• Firozpur
• Fazilka.
• Hoshiarpur district has the highest literacy rate. The literacy rate in Hoshiarpur district is 84.6%.
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• There were 11 districts in Punjab after the Reorganization of Punjab in 1966. These districts were -
Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Patiala, Kapurthala, Bathinda, Ropar,
Sangrur.
Punjab Vidhan Sabha Seats
• Punjab Vidhan Sabha (Punjab Legislative Assembly, Punjab Assembly) consists of 117 members and these
members are elected for five years.
• The legislative assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan, Sector 1, Chandigarh.
• It means that the total seats in Punjab or Punjab Vidhan Sabha seats is one hundred seventeen. To gain
majority in the Punjab Assembly, a party needs support of 59 MLAs.
Lok Sabha Seats in Punjab
• There are total 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and elected representative from each seat is called as MP or
Member of Parliament.
• In Punjab, each Lok Sabha constituency has 9 assembly constituencies (Vidhan Sabha seats) in it and
there are total 117 seats in Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
• The general elections in India for Lok Sabha seats are held after every 5 years and last elections were held
in 2019.
Rajya Sabha Members from Punjab
• Rajya Sabha' (Council of States) is the Upper House of the Parliament of India. There are total 7 Rajya
Sabha seats in Punjab.
Total Tehsils in Punjab
• As per the latest data available with us, there are total 93 tehsils & 81 sub-tehsils in Punjab in 2021.
• The districts with highest number of tehsils are Ludhiana and Sangrur, both having 7 tehsils each. District
Barnala and Pathankot have lowest number of tehsils, with each having 2 tehsils.
Total Blocks
• The total number of rural development blocks or BDPO in Punjab is 150. The latest changes in the list of
blocks is shifting of some blocks of Sangrur district to the new district Malerkotla which was formed in
2021.
Villages in Punjab
• According to 2011 census, there are total 12581 inhabited villages in Punjab.
• First CM of Punjab- Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava.
• First CM of PEPSU - Gian Singh Rarewala.
• First CM of New Punjab in 1966 - Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir.
• First Akali CM of Punjab - Justice Gurnam Singh.
• First Lady Chief Minister of Punjab - Smt. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.
• Gulab Chand Kataria is an Indian politician who is serving as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator
of Chandigarh since 31 July 2024. He was a minister in the Government of Rajasthan from 2013 till 2018,
2003 to 2008 and from 1993 to 1998.
List of Newly Created & Corresponding Old Districts1
S. No. Newly Created Districts Year of Creation Old Districts
1 Faridkot 7.8.1972 Bhatinda & Ferozepur
2. Mansa 13.4.1992 Bhatinda
3. Fatehgarh Sahib 13.4.1992 Rupnagar, Patiala, Ludhiana
4. S.B.S.Nagar 5.11.1995 Jalandhar & Hoshiarpur
5. Shri Muktsar Sahib 5.11.1995 Faridkot
6. Moga 23.11.1995 Faridkot
7. S.A.S. Nagar 5.4.2006 Rupnagar & Patiala
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8. Tarn Taran 8.6.2006 Amritsar
9. Barnala 8.11.2006 Sangrur
10. Fazilka 27.7.2011 Ferozepur
11 Pathankot 27.7.2011 Gurdaspur
12 Malerkotla 01.05.2023 Sangrur
District Tehsils Sub Tehsils
Amritsar 1. Ajnala 1. Atari
2. Amritsar-1 2. Lopoke
3. Amritsar-2 3. Majitha
4. Baba Bakala 4. Ramdas
5. Tarsika
Bathinda 1. Bathinda 1. Balianwali
2. Rampura Phul 2. Bhagta Bhaika
3. Talwandi Sabo 3. Goniana
4. Maur 4. Nathana
5. Sangat
Faridkot 1. Faridkot Sadiq
2. Jaito
3. Kot Kapura
Fatehgarh 1. Amloh Mandi Gobindgarh
Sahib
2. Bassi Pathana
3. Fatehgarh Sahib
4. Khamanon
Fazilka 1. Abohar 1. Arniwala Sheikh Subhan
2. Fazilka 2. Khuian Sarwar
3. Jalalabad 3. Sito Guno
Ferozepur 1. Firozpur 1. Makhu
2. Guru Harsahai 2. Mamdot
3. Zira 3. Talwandi Bhai
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Gurdaspur 1. Batala 1. Dhariwal
2. Dera Baba Nanak 2. Dina Nagar
3. Gurdaspur 3. Fatehgarh Churian
4. Kahnuwan
5. Kalanaur
6. Naushehra Majha Singh
7. Qadian
8. Sri Hargobindpur
Hoshiarpur 1. Dasuya 1. Bhunga
2. Garhshankar 2. Binewal
3. Hoshiarpur 3. Garhdiwala
4. Mukerian 4. Hajipur
5. Mahilpur
6. . Talwara
7. Tanda
Hoshiarpur 1. Dasuya 1. Bhunga
2. Garhshankar 2. Binewal
3. Hoshiarpur 3. Garhdiwala
4. Mukerian 4. Hajipur
5. Mahilpur
6. Talwara
7. Tanda
Jalandhar 1. Jalandhar-1 1. Adampur
2. Jalandhar-2 2. Bhogpur
3. Nakodar 3. Goraya
4. Phillaur 4. Kartarpur
5. Shahkot 5. Lohian
6. Mehatpur
7. Nurmahal
Kapurthala 1. Bholath 1. Dhilwan
2. Kapurthala 2. Talwandi Chaudhrian
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3. Phagwara
4. Sultanpur Lodhi
Ludhiana 1. Jagraon 1. Dehlon
2. Khanna 2. Kum Kalan
3. Ludhiana East 3. Machhiwara
4. Ludhiana West 4. . Maloud
5. Payal 5. Mullanpur Dakha
6. Raikot 6. Sahnewal
7. Samrala 7. Sidhwan Bet
Mansa 1. Budhlada 1. Bareta
2. Mansa 2. Bhikhi
3. Sardulgarh 3. Jhunir
4. Joga
Moga 1. Bagha Purana 1. Badhni Kalan
2. Dharamkot 2. Kot Ise Khan
3. Moga
4. Nihal Singh Wala
Pathankot 1. Dhar Kalan 1. . Bamial
2. . Pathankot 2. Narot Jaimal Singh
Patiala 1. Nabha 1. Bhadson
2. Patiala 2. Dudhan Sadhan
3. Patran 3. Ghanaur
4. Rajpura
5. Samana
Rupnagar 1. Anandpur Sahib 1. Morinda
2. Chamkaur Sahib 2. Nurpur Bedi
3. Nangal
4. Rup Nagar
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S.A.S. Nagar 1. Ajitgarh (Mohali) 1. Banur
2. Dera Bassi 2. Majri
3. Kharar 3. Zirakpur
Sangrur 1. Dhuri 1. Ahmedgarh
2. Lehra 2. Amargarh
3. Malerkotla 3. Bhawanigarh
4. Moonak 4. Cheema
5. Sangrur 5. Dirba
6. Sunam 6. Khanauri
7. Longowal
8. Sherpur
Shaheed 1. Balachaur There is no sub-tehsil in this
Bhagat Singh district
Nagar
2. Banga.
3. Shaheed Bhagat
Singh Nagar
(Nawanshahr)
Shri Muktsar 1. Gidderbaha 1. Bariwala
Sahib
2. Malout 2. Doda
3. Shri Muktsar Sahib 3. Lakhewali
4. Lambi
Tarn Taran 1. Khadur Sahib 1. . Bhikhiwind
2. Patti 2. Chohla Sahib
3. Tarn Taran 3. Goindwal Sahib
4. Harike
5. Jhabal
6. Khem Karan
7. Naushehra Pannuan
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By constituency
District No. Constituency
Pathankot 1 Sujanpur
2 Bhoa (SC)
3 Pathankot
Gurdaspur 4 Gurdaspur
5 Dina Nagar (SC)
6 Qadian
7 Batala
8 Sri
Hargobindpur (SC)
9 Fatehgarh Churian
10 Dera Baba Nanak
Amritsar 11 Ajnala
12 Rajasansi
13 Majitha
14 Jandiala (SC)
15 Amritsar North
16 Amritsar
West (SC)
17 Amritsar Central
18 Amritsar East
19 Amritsar South
20 Attari (SC)
Tarn Taran 21 Tarn Taran
22 Khemkaran
23 Patti
24 Khadoor Sahib
Amritsar 25 Baba Bakala (SC)
Kapurthala 26 Bholath
27 Kapurthala
28 Sultanpur Lodhi
29 Phagwara (SC)
Jalandhar 30 Phillaur (SC)
31 Nakodar
32 Shahkot
33 Kartarpur (SC)
34 Jalandhar West
(SC)
35 Jalandhar Central
36 Jalandhar North
37 Jalandhar
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Cantonment
38 Adampur (SC)
Hoshiarpur 39 Mukerian
40 Dasuya
41 Urmar
42 Sham
Chaurasi (SC)
43 Hoshiarpur
44 Chabbewal (SC)
45 Garhshankar
Shaheed Bhagat 46 Banga (SC)
Singh Nagar 47 Nawan Shahr
48 Balachaur
Rupnagar 49 Anandpur Sahib
50 Rupnagar
51 Chamkaur
Sahib (SC)
Sahibzada Ajit 52 Kharar
Singh Nagar 53 S.A.S. Nagar
Fatehgarh Sahib 54 Bassi Pathana (SC)
55 Fatehgarh Sahib
56 Amloh
Ludhiana 57 Khanna
58 Samrala
59 Sahnewal
60 Ludhiana East
61 Ludhiana South
62 Atam Nagar
63 Ludhiana Central
64 Ludhiana West
65 Ludhiana North
66 Gill (SC)
67 Payal (SC)
68 Dakha
69 Raikot (SC)
70 Jagraon (SC)
Moga 71 Nihal Singh
Wala (SC)
72 Bhagha Purana
73 Moga
74 Dharamkot
Ferozpur 75 Zira
76 Firozpur City
77 Firozpur
Rural (SC)
78 Guru Har Sahai
Fazilka 79 Jalalabad
80 Fazilka
81 Abohar
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82 Balluana (SC)
Sri Muktsar Sahib 83 Lambi
84 Gidderbaha
85 Malout (SC)
86 Muktsar
Faridkot 87 Faridkot
88 Kotkapura
89 Jaitu (SC)
Bathinda 90 Rampura Phul
91 Bhucho
Mandi (SC)
92 Bathinda Urban
93 Bathinda
Rural (SC)
94 Talwandi Sabo
95 Maur
Mansa 96 Mansa
97 Sardulgarh
98 Budhlada (SC)
Sangrur 99 Lehragaga
100 Dirba (SC)
101 Sunam
102 Malerkotla
103 Amargarh
104 Dhuri
105 Sangrur
Barnala 106 Bhadaur (SC)
107 Barnala
108 Mehal Kalan (SC)
Patiala 109 Nabha (SC)
110 Patiala Rural
111 Rajpura
Sahibzada Ajit 112 Dera Bassi
Singh Nagar
Patiala 113 Ghanaur
114 Sanour
115. Patiala
116 Samana
117 Shutrana (SC)
