Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (District)

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District
State	Punjab
Administrative headquarters :	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Area :	1094 km²
Residents :	994,628 (2011)
Population density :	909 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.sasnagar.gov.in

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, also Mohali , is a district in the northern Indian state of Punjab .

The area is 1094 km². The administrative seat is the city of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar .

history

The district was formed in 1995 from parts of the Rupnagar and Patiala districts . The district is named after Sahibzada Ajit Singh, the son of Gobind Singh .

The religiously divided district has experienced conflicts between Hindus and Sikhs in the past.

population

The population is 994,628 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 33.15%, which is very high. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar has a gender ratio of 879 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district has a literacy rate of 83.80% in 2011, an increase of almost 6 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus above the national average. Just under 48.2% of the population are Sikhs , 47.9% are Hindus , 3.0% are Muslims , 0.5% are Christians , and 0.1% are Jainas and 0.3% did not indicate any religious affiliation.

Almost 54.8% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar with 146,213 inhabitants.

Web links

• District map

Individual evidence

1. ^ Suspected Sikh Terrorists Kill 15 on India Bus , Los Angeles Times. July 26, 1986. 
2. ^ Terrorists kill bus passengers in Punjab and Haryana mercilessly , India Today. July 31, 1987. 
3. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
4. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .