Tarn Taran (District)

Tarn Taran District
State	Punjab
Administrative headquarters :	Tarn Taran Sahib
Area :	2414 km²
Residents :	1,119,627 (2011)
Population density :	464 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.tarntaran.gov.in

Tarn Taran is a district in the northern Indian state of Punjab .

The area is 2414 km². The administrative seat is the city of Tarn Taran Sahib .

history

The Tarn Taran District was created in 2006 from parts of the Amritsar District .

population

The population is 1,119,627 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 19.23%. Tarn Taran has a gender ratio of 900 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district has a literacy rate of 67.81% in 2011, an increase of almost 8 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 70.9% of the population are Sikhs , 27.4% are Hindus , 1.2% are Muslims , 0.2% are Christians , 0.1% are Jainas and 0.2% did not indicate any religious affiliation.

The district is very rural. Only 12.7% of the population live in cities.

economy

The main occupation in this district is agriculture and agribusiness with few other industries.

Web links

• taran.htm Map of the district

Individual evidence

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