Jind (district)
| Jind District जींद जिला |
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| State | Haryana |
| Administrative headquarters : | Jind |
| Area : | 2702 km² |
| Residents : | 1,334,152 (2011) |
| Population density : | 494 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.jind.gov.in |
Jind ( Hindi जींद जिला Jīnd Jila ) is a district in the Indian state of Haryana .
The area is 2702 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name, Jind .
history
The district used to be the center of the princely state of Jind .
population
Population statistics have been available since 1991:
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 980,400 | 1,189,827 | 1,334,152 |
The population was 1,334,152 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 12.13%. Jind has a gender ratio of 871 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. In 2011 the district had a literacy rate of 71.44%, an increase of almost 9 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus slightly below the national average. Almost 95.7% of the population are Hindus , approx. 2.2% are Sikhs , approx. 1.7% are Muslims , approx. 0.2% are Jainas , approx. 0.1% are Christians and approx. 1% indicated no religious affiliation or belonged to other religions. Children under 6 years of age are 12.6% of the population.
Almost 22.9% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Jind with 167,592 inhabitants.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jind District - Population 1991–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
