District Sangrur

  • Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in northern India. Sangrur city is the district headquarters. It is one of the five districts in Patiala Division in the Indian state of Punjab.[1] Neighbouring districts are Malerkotla (north), Barnala (west), Patiala (east), Mansa (southwest) and Fatehabad (Haryana) and Jind (Haryana) (south).
    Sangrur consists of the cities of Dhuri, Lehragaga, Sangrur, and Sunam. Other cities are Bhawanigarh, Dirba, Khanauri, Longowal, Cheema and Moonak. There are 7 sub-divisions, being Sangrur, Dhuri, Sunam, Lehragaga, Moonak, Bhawanigarh and Dirba. Till 2006,Barnala was also a part of Sangrur district, but now it is a separate district. In 2021, a new district Malerkotla district, consisting of Malerkotla and Ahmedgarh subdivisions and the Amargarh sub-tehsil, was formed out of Sangrur district.
  • The district has an total area of 3,625 sq km. There are 13 towns and 571 villages in this district.
    As per 2011 census of India, Sangrur District has a population of 1,655,169 in 2011 out of which 878,029 are male and 777,140 are female.
    Population of Sangrur in 2022 is estimated to be 2,184,824 inhabitants. Literate people are 1,002,077 out of 570,413 are male and 431,664 are female.
    People living in Sangrur District depend on multiple skills, total workers are 568,758 out of which men are 485,129 and women are 83,629.
    Total 150,338 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 144,137 are cultivated by men and 6,201 are women.
    72,139 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 66,437 and 5,702 are women.
    Sangrur District sex ratio is 885 females per 1000 of males.

    According to 2011 Census of India, Sangrur District District Tehsils population
    TehsilsPopulation %age of District SangrurMale %ageFemale %ageHouseholds %age
    Malerkotla24.5912.9911.604.78
    Sherpur8.704.624.081.66
    Dhuri7.143.783.351.42
    Bhawanigarh9.014.794.221.71
    Sangrur10.705.705.002.09
    Sunam21.6811.5610.114.13
    Lehragaga10.925.805.122.04
    Andana7.263.833.431.28
    Major farming systems/enterprises (based on the analysis made by the KVK)

    S. No.

    Farming system/enterprise

    1.

    Irrigated (borewell)

    Rice-Wheat

    Rice-Wheat-Summer moong

    Cotton-Wheat

    Rice-Potato/Peas-Summer Moong

    Groundnut-Wheat

    Sugarcane

    2.

    Irrigated (canal)

    -

    3.

    Tank Irrigated

    -

    4.

    Rainfed

    -

    5.

    Enterprises

    Dairy farming, poultry farming, pig farming, gat farming, bee keeping, mushroom farming

    Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and topography)

    S. No.

    Agro-climatic Zone

    Characteristics

    1.

    Central Plain Region- South Zone III-B

    Mild to severe alkalinity

    Western Plain Region- South Zone IV-B

    Mild to severe alkalinity in eastern part

    2.

    Agro ecological situation

    Characteristics

    AES-I

    Plain topography,  tubewell and canal irrigated sandy loam soil with saline sodic in nature

    AES-II

    Plain topography, tubewell irrigated and supplemented by canal with sandy soil

    AES-III

    Plain topography, tubewell and canal irrigated sandy loam soil with sodicity

    AES-IV

    Plain topography, tubewell and canal irrigated  flood prone sandy loam soil  with saline sodic in nature

    Soil types

    S. No.

    Soil type

    Characteristics

    Area in ha

    1.

    Sandy loam soil  with saline sodicity

    Soil is sandy loam with moderate to severe saline sodic nature, water logged, flood prone 

    1,22,503

    2.

    Sandy

    Sandy soil, part of Sangrur district is severely saline Sodic in nature

    1,12,497

    3.

    Sandy loam soil with sodicity

    Soil is sandy loam with moderate to severe saline sodic nature, water logging & salt problem

    1,14,000

    4.

    Sandy loam

    Sandy loam soils, salt affected in patches

    12,000

    Total

    3,61,000

    Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district

    S. No.

    Crop

    Area (000’ha)

    Production (000’ MT)

    Productivity (Kg/ha)

    1.        

    Paddy

    284

    2152

    7576

    2.        

    Cotton (American & Desi)

    6

    24

    698

    3.        

    Sugarcane

    4

    369

    92348

    4.        

    Maize

    0.3

    1.1

    3708

    5.        

    Moong

    0.1

    0.1

    1100

    6.        

    Wheat

    288

    1599

    5552

    7.        

    Barley

    1.6

    6.5

    4073

    8.        

    Rapeseed Mustard

    1.6

    2.1

    1328

    9.        

    Gram

    0.1

    0.1

    1391                      

    Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district

    Category

    Population

    Production

    Productivity

    Cattle

    Crossbred

    58,745

    800000 litres

    12-15 litres/day

    Indigenous

    1,08,640

    6-8 litres /day

    Buffalo

    4,90,491

    10-12 litres/day

    Sheep

    Indigenous

    14,600

    --

    --

    Goats

    21,860

    --

    --

    Pigs

     

     

     

    Crossbred

    2,699

    --

    --

    Poultry

    Improved

    11,72,262

    --

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