Sirsa (district)
| Sirsa District | |
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| State | Haryana |
| Division : | Hisar |
| Administrative headquarters : | Sirsa |
| Area : | 4277 km² |
| Residents : | 1,295,189 (2011) |
| Population density : | 303 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | http://sirsa.nic.in/ |
The district of Sirsa ( Hindi : सिरसा ज़िला; Punjabi : ਸਿਰਸਾ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ) is located in the northern Indian state of Haryana .
The district is located in the far west of Haryana, 230 km west-northwest of the federal capital New Delhi . The administrative seat is the eponymous city of Sirsa . The district extends over the north Indian plain. Its area is 4277 km².
The entire area of the district became part of the newly established state of Haryana on November 1, 1966. In 1968 the then Tehsil Sirsa was divided into the Tehsils Sirsa and Dabwali. In 1974 3 villages came from Dabwali to Sirsa. On September 1, 1975, the Tehsils Sirsa and Dabwali formed the Sirsa District with the city of Sirsa as its administrative center.
population
In the 2011 census, the population was 1,295,189. 10 years earlier it was 1,116,649. That is an increase of 16%. The gender ratio was 897 women for 1,000 men. The literacy rate was 68.82% (76.43% for men and 60.40% for women). 72.60% of the population were followers of Hinduism , 26.17% were Sikhs .
Administrative division
The district is divided into 4 tehsils:
Cities in the district with municipal council status are:
Cities with Municipal Committee status are:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d District administration of Sirsa ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e www.census2011.co.in
