Kapurthala district

Kapurthala district
Kapurthala Sainik School, former palace of the Maharajas of Kapurthala
Kapurthala Sainik School, former palace of the Maharajas of Kapurthala
Location in Punjab
Location in Punjab
Coordinates: 31°22′46″N 75°23′05″E / 31.37944°N 75.38472°E / 31.37944; 75.38472
Country India
StatePunjab
Named forNawab Kapur Singh
HeadquartersKapurthala
Government
 • Deputy commissionerD P S Kharbanda IAS
Area
 • Total1,633 km2 (631 sq mi)
Population
(2011)[‡]
 • Total815,168
 • Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationPB-09
Literacy80.20%
Websitewww.kapurthala.gov.in

Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters.

Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people by the 2011 census. The district is divided into two noncontiguous parts, the main Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi portion and the Phagwara tehsil or block.[citation needed]

The Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi part lies between north latitude 31° 07' and 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 36'. In the north it is bound by Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Amritsar districts, in the west by the Beas River and Amritsar district, and in south by the Sutlej River, Jalandhar district, and Hoshiaripur district.

Phagwa tehsil lies between north latitude 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 40' and 75° 55'. Phagwara lies on the National Highway No 1, and the tehsil is much more industrially developed than the remainder of Kaurthala District. Phagwa is situated at a distance of 19 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Jalandhar, and the tehsil is bounded on two sides by Jalandhar District whereas north by Hoshiarpur district and east by S B S nagar district.

The district has three subdivisions/tehsils: Kapurthala, Phagwara, and Sultanpur Lodhi. The total area of the district is 1,633 km (1,015 mi) of which 909.09 km2 (351.00 sq mi) is in Kapurthala tehsil, 304.05 km2 (117.39 sq mi) is in Phagwara tehsil and 451.0 km2 (174.1 sq mi) is in Saltanpur Lodu tehsil. The economy of the district is still predominantly agricultural.

Demographics

Photograph of rural life in Kapurthala in 1927, a true-colour photograph taken by Albert Kahn

According to the 2011 census Kapurthala district has a population of 815,168, roughly equal to the nation of Comoros or the US state of South Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 481st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 501 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,300/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.37%. Kapurthala has a sex ratio of 912 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 80.2%. Scheduled Castes made up 33.94% of the population.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951295,071—    
1961343,778+1.54%
1971429,514+2.25%
1981545,249+2.41%
1991646,647+1.72%
2001754,521+1.55%
2011815,168+0.78%
source:

Gender

The table below shows the sex ratio of Kapurthala district through decades.

Sex ratio of Kapurthala district
Census year Ratio
2011 912
2001 887
1991 896
1981 898
1971 889
1961 886
1951 880

The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Kapurthala district.

Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Kapurthala district
Year Urban Rural
2011 896 859
2001 792 782

Religions

Religion in Kapurthala district (2011)
Religion Percent
Sikhism
55.66%
Hinduism
41.23%
Islam
1.25%
Buddhism
0.82%
Christianity
0.66%
Other or not stated
0.38%

Sikhs are the majority in Kapurthala district, and dominate rural areas. Hindus are the majority in urban areas.

The table below shows the numbers of different religious groups in the urban areas of Kapurthala district, through the years.

Absolute numbers of various religious groups in urban areas of Kapurthala district by census year
Year Hindu Sikh Christian Muslim Other Religions
2011 1,83,623 89,331 1,900 3,965 3,643
2001 1,50,751 89,421 1,406 2,461 2,488
1991 1,06,614 55,075 566 573 590

Language

Languages of Kapurthala district (2011)

 Punjabi (91.20%)
 Hindi (7.23%)
 Others (1.57%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 91.20% of the population spoke Punjabi and 7.23% Hindi as their first language.

Health

According to the National Blindness and Visual Survey India 2015-19, 11.53% people in Kapurthala district above the age of 50 were visually impaired.

The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Kapurthala, as of year 2020.

District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Kapurthala, year 2020
Indicators Number of children (<5 years) Percent (2020) Percent (2016)
Stunted 13,534 28% 35%
Wasted 4,931 10% 23%
Severely wasted 1,328 3% 11%
Underweight 9,973 21% 27%
Overweight/obesity 1,313 3% 1%
Anemia 32,889 76% 61%
Total children 48,111

The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Kapurthala of women between the ages of 15 to 49 years, as of year 2020.

District nutritional profile of Kapurthala of women of 15-49 years, in 2020
Indicators Number of women (15-49 years) Percent (2020) Percent (2016)
Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2) 31,663 16% 11%
Overweight/obesity 76,581 39% 24%
Hypertension 50,788 26% 12%
Diabetes 29,369 15% NA
Anemia (non-preg) 123,249 63% 43%
Anemia (preg) 6,298 58% 27%
Total women (preg) 10,907
Total women 194,368

Politics

No. Constituency Name of MLA Party Bench
26 Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira Indian National Congress Opposition
27 Kapurthala Rana Gurjeet Singh Indian National Congress Opposition
28 Sultanpur Lodhi Rana Inder Pratap Singh Independent politician Opposition
29 Phagwara (SC) Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal Indian National Congress Opposition

Notable people


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