Fatehgarh Sahib (District)

Fatehgarh Sahib district
State	Punjab
Division :	Patiala
Administrative headquarters :	Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib
Area :	1147.79 km²
Residents :	600,163 (2011)
Population density :	522.9 inhabitants / km²
Website :	http://fatehgarhsahib.nic.in

Fatehgarh Sahib ( Hindi : फतेहगढ़ साहिब जिला) is a district in the Indian state of Punjab .

The district was established on April 13, 1992. It is located 50 km southeast of the city of Ludhiana in the north Indian plain. The district is dominated by agriculture . It covers an area of ​​1147.79 km² (according to other information 1180 km²). The district administration is in Fatehgarh Sahib , which has merged with Sirhind to form the city of Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib .

population

The population is 600,163 (2011 census), 10 years earlier it was 538,470. The gender ratio is 871 women for every 1,000 men. The literacy rate is 79.35% (83.33% for men, 74.80% for women). 71.23% of the population are Sikhs , 25.47% Hindu , 2.80% Muslim .

Administrative division

The district is divided into 4 tehsils :

• Amloh
• Bassi Pathana
• Fatehgarh Sahib
• Khamanon

Cities with Municipal Council status are:

• Amloh
• Bassi Pathana
• Mandi Gobindgarh
• Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib

There is also a Nagar Panchayat in the district: Khamanon .

Web links

Commons : Fatehgarh Sahib District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} www.census2011.co.in