Faridkot (district)

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Faridkot District
District map
State Punjab
Division : Faridkot
Administrative headquarters : Faridkot
Area : 1475.7 km²
Residents : 618.008 (2011)
Population density : 418.8 inhabitants / km²
Website : http://faridkot.nic.in/

Faridkot ( Punjabi : ਫ਼ਰੀਦਕੋਟ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ) is a district in the Indian state of Punjab .

The district is located in the Faridkot Division, founded in 1996 . Previously, the district was assigned to the Firozpur division. It covers an area of ​​1475.7 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Faridkot .

population

The population is 617,508 (2011 census), 10 years earlier it was 550,892. The gender ratio is 890 women for 1000 men. The literacy rate is 69.55% (74.60% for men, 63.91% for women). 76.08% of the population are followers of Sikhism , 22.89% of Hinduism .

Administrative division

The district is divided into 2 tehsils :

Cities with Municipal Council status are:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d www.census2011.co.in