Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District
State	Punjab
Administrative headquarters :	Nawanshahr
Area :	3386 km²
Residents :	612,310 (2011)
Population density :	469 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.nawanshahr.nic.in

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is a district in the northern Indian state of Punjab .

The area is 3386 km². The administrative seat is the city of Nawanshahr .

history

The Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district was formed in 1995 from parts of the Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts . The district was first called Nawanshahr until it was named after the Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in 2008 .

population

The population is 612,310 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 4.23%. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar has a gender ratio of 954 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district has a literacy rate of 79.78% in 2011, an increase of almost 3 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus above the regional and national average. Almost 65.6% of the population are Hindus , 31.5% are Sikhs , 1.1% are Muslims , 1.0% are Buddhists , 0.2% are Christians , 0.1% are Jainas and 0.5% are given no religion.

Almost 20.5% of the population live in cities.

Web links

Commons : Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .