Mansa district, India

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mansa district
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| settlement_type = [[Districts of Punjab, India|District]]
| image_map = Mansa in Punjab (India).svg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the district headquarters in Punjab, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Mansa, Punjab|Mansa]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = {{cref|‡}}
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| area_total_km2 = 2174
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| population_total = 769,751
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = 350
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gurmukhi|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-PB]]
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1000/880 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 63%
| website = {{URL|www.mansa.nic.in}}
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'''Mansa district''' falls under the [[India]]n state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. The headquarters is [[Mansa, Punjab|Mansa]] city. Mansa district was formed on 13 April 1992 from the erst while district of Bathinda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mansa.nic.in/html/about.html|title=About {{!}} Mansa|website=www.mansa.nic.in|access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> The district has three tehsils,<ref name="ti">{{cite news | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120110/punjab.htm | title=Gurpreet gets Mansa seat | work=News in English | date=10 January 2012 | agency=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] | access-date=17 July 2012 | location=[[Ludhiana]]}}</ref> [[Budhlada]], [[Mansa, Punjab|Mansa]] and five development blocks, [[Bhikhi, India|Bhikhi]], [[Budhlada]], [[Mansa, Punjab|Mansa]], [[Jhunir]] and [[Sardulgarh]] with three sub-tehsils. There are about 70 '''villages in Sardulgarh''' block, Mankhera village is the last village of punjab, this village is(14.7 km) away from sardulgarh and 24.9 km away from Sirsa in Haryana state. base of YouTube channel Sharma coaching hub is also in Mansa district.

==Geography==

[[File:Punjab district map.png|thumb|right|250px|Districts of [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]] along with their headquarters]]

The district is roughly triangular in shape and is bounded on the northwest by Bathinda district, on the northeast by [[Sangrur district]], and on the south by [[Haryana]] state. It is situated on the [[Bathinda]]-[[Jind]]-[[Delhi]] railway and the [[Barnala]]-[[Sardulgarh]]-[[Sirsa, Haryana|Sirsa]] road. The district is divided into three [[tehsil]]s, [[Budhlada]], [[Mansa, Punjab|Mansa]], and [[Sardulgarh]]. The [[Ghaggar River]] flows through the Sardulgarh Tehsil in the southwestern corner of the district.

<br>[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] is the [[mother tongue]] as well as the [[official language]] of the district.

==History==
{{unreferenced section|date=March 2012}}
Mansa District was formerly a part of the [[Phulkian sardars|Phulkia Sikh Dynasty]] (1722–1948) then part of [[Kaithal]] [[Sikh Kingdom]] (1762–1857).
The present district was formed on 13 April 1992 from the erstwhile [[Bathinda district]]. The town is said to have been founded by Bhai Gurdas who hailed from Dhingar, Mansa district. He is said to have been married at this place among the Dhaliwal Jat Sikh. Once he came to his in-laws to take his wife along with him but they refused to send her. At this, Bhai Gurdas sat in [[meditation]] before the house of his in-laws. After some time, the parents of the girl agreed to send their daughter with Bhai Gurdas. But he refused to take her along with him, stating that he had now renounced the worldly way of life. In his memory, his Smadh was constructed where a fair is held every year in March–April. People in large numbers attend the fair and offer [[Laddu]]s and Gur ([[jaggery]]) at Smadh. Class ‘A’ municipality has been functioning in the town since 1952. The town has two [[Colleges]], viz. Govt. Nehru Memorial Post Graduate College and S.D. Kanya Mahavidyalaya College, 3 [[Senior secondary education|Senior Secondary Schools]], 90 [[High Schools]], 1 [[Middle School]], 1 [[Primary School]], and one District [[Library]] and has one civil hospital, 3 [[Dispensaries]], 1 [[Ayurvedic]], and 4 [[Homeopathic]] dispensaries. There are two [[police stations]] i.e. PS City and PS Sadar and also a [[railway station]].

==Ancient period==

The ancient history of the Mansa district has been traced to the [[Indus Valley]] civilization. The [[archaeological]] finds at different villages of Mansa district are almost similar to those of [[Harappa]] and [[Mohanjodaro]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lal |first1=B.B|last2=Gupta|first2=S.P.|title=Frontier of Indus Valley Civilization|year=1984|orig-year=1981-82|location=Delhi
}}</ref><ref name="ancient">{{cite web|url=http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/Ga/MANSA%20II.htm|title=Ancient history of Mansa district|work=B.B. Lal and S.P. Gupta|publisher=www.punjabrevenue.nic.in|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718131515/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/Ga/MANSA%20II.htm|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is divided into three parts ''Pre-Harappa'', ''Harappa'' and ''Late Harappa''.

==Demographics==
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|title=Religion in Mansa District<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/600-mansa.html|title=Mansa District Population Census 2011-2019, Punjab literacy sex ratio and density|website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref>
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Mansa district has a population of 769,751,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php|title=District Census 2011|access-date=22 January 2012|year=2011|publisher=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the US state of [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Alaska 710,231
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 489th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert|350|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.62%. Mansa has a [[sex ratio]] of 880 females for every 1000 males and a [[literacy rate]] of 62.8%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

==Agriculture and industry==

Mansa is situated in the [[cotton]] belt of Punjab and therefore popularly called the "Area of [[Colored gold|white gold]]". Indeed, agriculture forms the backbone of the district economy.

Mansa is home to the largest [[Thermal power station|Thermal Power Plant]] of [[Punjab]]. The Thermal Power Plant has the capacity to produce 1980MW of electricity

Industrially, the district is very deficient, yet some [[trade]] and [[Industrial sector|industry]] is being carried out in urban areas.

==Major cities and towns==

===Village Ahlupur===
Ahlupur is situated on [[Sardulgarh]]/[[Ratia]] road. It is located near the border of Punjab and Haryana.

===Bareta===
Bareta is situated on [[Bathinda]]-[[Delhi]] railway line.

===Budhlada===
{{main|Budhlada}}
Budhlada was named after the two brothers, [[Budha]] and [[Ladha]], who were [[khatri]] by [[caste]]. It is also situated on
[[Bathinda]]-[[Delhi]] railway line. It was the largest market of [[Punjab, India|Eastern Punjab]] and a very big recruitment centre for [[military]] personnel.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Moga|first1=Parminder Singh Grover|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dy-pOAnlQL0C&q=Budhlada+military&pg=PT122|title=Discover Punjab: Attractions of Punjab|last2=Singh|first2=Davinderjit|date=2011-05-20|publisher=Parminder Singh Grover|language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Sawarn Singh]] - an Indian Olympic rower
*[[Gavie Chahal]] -Bollywood/Punjabi movie actor, hails from Village Sher Khan Wala
*[[Kulwinder Billa]] -Punjabi Record Artist, hails from the Village Dhaipi of the district
*[[Ajmer Singh Aulakh]] - [[Sahitya Academy]] Winner for Best Drama Director, hails from village Kishagarh Farwaahi
*[[Sidhu Moose Wala]] - singer
*[[Aman Dhaliwal]] - Actor
*[[Harmanjeet Singh]] - writer
*[[Shipra Goyal]] - Singer
*[[Nirmal Rishi]] - Punjabi actress
*[[Nisha Bano]] - Punjabi actress
*[[Deep Dhillon]] - singer
*[[Sukhmeet Singh]]- An Indian rower

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category | Mansa District, Punjab}}
* [https://mansa.nic.in/ Official website]

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