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'''Kapurthala district''' is a district of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] state in northern [[India]]. The city of [[Kapurthala]] is the district headquarters.
'''Kapurthala District''' is a district of the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] in northern India. The city of [[Kapurthala]] is the district's headquarters.


Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people by the 2011 census. The district is divided into two noncontiguous parts, the main Kapurthala-[[Sultanpur Lodhi]] portion and the [[Phagwara]] [[tehsil]] or block.
Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people by the 2011 census. The district is divided into two noncontiguous parts—the main Kapurthala-[[Sultanpur Lodhi]] portion and the [[Phagwara]] [[tehsil]].&lt;ref&gt;[https://kapurthala.gov.in/demography/ Demography of kapurthala state gov.in]&lt;/ref&gt;


The Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi part lies between north latitude 31° 07' and 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 36'. In the north it is bound by [[Hoshiarpur district|Hoshiarpur]], [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]], and [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]] districts, in the west by the [[Beas River]] and Amritsar district, and in south by the [[Sutlej River]], [[Jalandhar district]], and Hoshiarpur district.
The Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi part lies between north latitude 31° 07' and 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 36'. In the north it is bound by [[Hoshiarpur district|Hoshiarpur]], [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]], and [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]] districts, in the west by the [[Beas River]] and Amritsar district, and in south by the [[Sutlej River]], [[Jalandhar district]], and Hoshiaripur district.


Phagwara tehsil lies between north latitude 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 40' and 75° 55'. Phagwara lies on the National Highway No 1, and the tehsil is much more industrially developed than the remainder of Kapurthala District. Phagwara is situated at a distance of {{convert|19|km|mi|sp=us}} southeast of Jalandhar, and the tehsil is bounded on two sides by Jalandhar District whereas north by hoshiarpur district and east by S B S nagar district.
Phagwara tehsil lies between north latitude 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 40' and 75° 55'. Phagwara lies on the National Highway No 1, and the tehsil is much more industrially developed than the remainder of Kapurthala District. Phagwara is situated at a distance of {{convert|19|km|mi}} southeast of Jalandhar, and the tehsil is bounded on two sides by Jalandhar District whereas north by Hoshiarpur district and east by S B S Nagar District.


The district has three subdivisions/[[tehsils]]: Kapurthala, Phagwara, and Sultanpur Lodhi. The total area of the district is {{cvt|1633|km}} of which {{cvt|909.09|km2}} is in Kapurthala tehsil, {{cvt|304.05|km2}} is in Phagwara tehsil and {{cvt|451.0|km2}} is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil. The economy of the district is still predominantly agricultural. The major crops are [[wheat]], [[rice]], [[sugarcane]], [[potato]] and [[maize]]. The major portion of Kapurthala district lies between the [[Beas River]] and the Kali-Bein River and is called the ‘BET’ area. This area is prone to floods. Water logging and alkalinity in the soil is the major problem of the area. A flood protection [[Dike (construction)|bundh]] called ‘Dhussi Bundh’ has been constructed along the left bank of the Beas River, and it has saved the area from the ravages of flood. The entire district is an [[alluvial plain]]. To the south of the river Kali-Bein lies the tract known as ‘Dona’ meaning the soil formed of two constituents i.e. the sand and clay.
The district has three subdivisions/[[tehsils]]: Kapurthala, Phagwara, and Sultanpur Lodhi. The total area of the district is {{cvt|1633|km}} of which {{cvt|909.09|km2}} is in Kapurthala tehsil, {{cvt|304.05|km2}} is in Phagwara tehsil and {{cvt|451.0|km2}} is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil. The economy of the district is still predominantly agricultural.


The climate is typical of the Punjab plains i.e. hot in summers and cold in winters. It has sub-tropical continental [[monsoon]] type climate. Intensive [[agriculture|cultivation]] in the district leaves no scope for [[forest cover]] and [[wildlife]] is practically nonexistent.
==Demographics==
[[File:Photograph of rural life in Kapurthala in 1927, a true-colour photograph taken by Albert Kahn.jpg|thumb|Photograph of rural life in [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]] in 1927, a [[Color photography|true-colour]] photograph taken by [[Albert Kahn (banker)|Albert Kahn]]]]


==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kapurthala district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 815,168,&lt;ref name="districtcensus"&gt;{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Kapurthala |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1000/download/3014/DH_2011_0302_PART_A_DCHB_KAPURTHALA.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; roughly equal to the nation of [[Comoros]]&lt;ref name="cia"&gt;{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kapurthala district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 815,168,{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} roughly equal to the nation of [[Comoros]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.
}}&lt;/ref&gt; or the US state of [[South Dakota]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web
}}</ref> or the US state of [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web
  |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php  
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  |title=2010 Resident Population Data  
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  |archive-date=18 November 2011  
  |archive-date=18 November 2011  
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 481st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} The district has a population density of {{convert| 501 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.37%.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Kapurthala has a [[sex ratio]] of 912 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 80.2%.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}{{historical populations|21=1951|22=295071|23=1961|24=343778|25=1971|26=429514|27=1981|28=545249|29=1991|30=646647|31=2001|32=754521|33=2011|34=815168|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}{{bar box|width = 300px
}}&lt;/ref&gt; This gives it a ranking of 481st in India (out of a total of [[List of districts in India|640]]).&lt;ref name="districtcensus" /&gt; The district has a population density of {{convert| 501 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.&lt;ref name="districtcensus" /&gt; Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.37%.&lt;ref name="districtcensus" /&gt; Kapurthala has a [[sex ratio]] of 912 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 80.2%. Scheduled Castes made up 33.94% of the population.&lt;ref name="districtcensus" /&gt;
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|title=Religion in Kapurthala district<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/589-kapurthala.html|title=Kapurthala District Population Census 2011-2021, Punjab literacy sex ratio and density}}</ref>
{{historical populations|21=1951|22=295071|23=1961|24=343778|25=1971|26=429514|27=1981|28=545249|29=1991|30=646647|31=2001|32=754521|33=2011|34=815168|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]&lt;/ref&gt;|align=middle}}
 
===Gender===
The table below shows the sex ratio of Kapurthala district through decades.
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Sex ratio of Kapurthala district&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=District-wise Decadal Sex ratio in Punjab |url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-decadal-sex-ratio-punjab |website=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India |date=21 January 2022 |access-date=20 November 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;
!Census year!!Ratio
|-
|2011||912
|-
|2001||887
|-
|1991||896
|-
|1981||898
|-
|1971||889
|-
|1961||886
|-
|1951||880
|}
 
The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Kapurthala district.
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Kapurthala district&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-rural-and-urban-child-population-0-6-years-and-their-sex-ratio-punjab | title=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India | date=21 January 2022 }}&lt;/ref&gt;
!Year!!Urban!!Rural
|-
|2011||896||859
|-
|2001||792||782
|}
 
===Religions===
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|title=Religion in Kapurthala district (2011)&lt;ref name="religion"/&gt;
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|left1=Religion
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|right1=Percent
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|55.66}}
{{bar percent|[[Punjabi Hindus|Hinduism]]|darkorange|41.23}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Punjab, India|Islam]]|green|1.25}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|yellow|0.82}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Punjab, India|Christianity]]|blue|0.66}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.38}}
|float=right
|float=right
|bars=
}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|#FFFF00|55.66}}
 
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|#FF6600|41.23}}
{| class="wikitable"
{{bar percent|Others|#9955BB|3.11}}}}
|+Religion in tehsils of Kapurthala district (2011)&lt;ref name="religion" /&gt;
!Tehsil
!Sikhism (%)
!Hinduism (%)
!Islam (%)
!Others (%)
|-
|Bhulath
| align="right" style="background:darkkhaki" |78.10
| align="right" |18.88
| align="right" |0.86
|2.16
|-
|Kapurthala
| align="right" style="background:darkkhaki" |60.88
| align="right" |36.72
| align="right" |1.44
|0.96
|-
|Sultanpur Lodhi
| align="right" style="background:darkkhaki" |75.83
| align="right" |23.17
| align="right" |0.33
|0.67
|-
|Phagwara
| align="right" |29.05
| align="right" style="background:darkorange;color:white" |65.80
| align="right" |1.6
|3.55
|}
 
Sikhs are the majority in Kapurthala district, and dominate rural areas. Hindus are the majority in urban areas.&lt;ref name="religion"&gt;{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population by Religious Community: Punjab |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389/download/14502/DDW03C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 
The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Kapurthala district.
 
{|class="wikitable sort"
|+Absolute numbers of different religious groups in Kapurthala district&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-population-religion-punjab | title=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India | date=21 January 2022 }}&lt;/ref&gt;
!Religion!!Urban (2011)!!Rural (2011)!!Urban (2001)!!Rural (2001)!!Urban (1991)!!Rural (1991)
|-
|Hindu||183,623||152,501||150,751||135,687||106,614||104,987
|-
|Sikh||89,331||364,361||89,421||359,233||55,075||263,070
|-
|Muslim||3,965||6,225||2,461||3,947||573||2,156
|-
|Christian||1,900||3,545||1,406||2,947||566||1,302
|-
|Other religions||3,643||6,074||2,488||6,180||590||316
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in Kapurthala District ([[British Punjab province]] era)
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in India|Religious]]&lt;br&gt;group
! colspan="2" |1881&lt;ref name="Census1881A"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057656 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057656 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I. |year=1881 }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="Census1881B"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057657 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057657 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="Census1881C"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057658 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057658 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}&lt;/ref&gt;
! colspan="2" |1891&lt;ref name="Census1891"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318669 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318669 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory |year=1891 |pages=14}}&lt;/ref&gt;
! colspan="2" |1901&lt;ref name="Census1901"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25363739 |jstor=saoa.crl.25363739 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province. |year=1901 |pages=34}}&lt;/ref&gt;
! colspan="2" |1911&lt;ref name="Census1911"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393788 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393788 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=27}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="Census1911B"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62718 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II |year=1911 |pages=27 |author=Kaul, Harikishan}}&lt;/ref&gt;
! colspan="2" |1921&lt;ref name="Census1921"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25430165 |jstor=saoa.crl.25430165 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=29}}&lt;/ref&gt;
! colspan="2" |1931&lt;ref name="Census1931"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793242 |jstor=saoa.crl.25793242 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1931 |pages=277}}&lt;/ref&gt;
! colspan="2" |1941&lt;ref name="Census1941"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215541 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215541 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab |year=1941 |pages=42 |author1=India Census Commissioner |volume=6 }}&lt;/ref&gt;
|-
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|-
! [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 142,974
| {{Percentage | 142974 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 170,557
| {{Percentage | 170557 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 178,326
| {{Percentage | 178326 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 152,117
| {{Percentage | 152117 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 160,457
| {{Percentage | 160457 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 179,251
| {{Percentage | 179251 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 213,754
| {{Percentage | 213754 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including [[Ad-Dharmi]]s}}
| 82,900
| {{Percentage | 82900 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 89,463
| {{Percentage | 89463 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 93,652
| {{Percentage | 93652 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 61,426
| {{Percentage | 61426 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 58,412
| {{Percentage | 58412 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 64,319
| {{Percentage | 64319 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 61,546
| {{Percentage | 61546 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 26,493
| {{Percentage | 26493 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 39,493
| {{Percentage | 39493 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 42,101
| {{Percentage | 42101 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 54,275
| {{Percentage | 54275 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 64,074
| {{Percentage | 64074 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 72,177
| {{Percentage | 72177 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 88,350
| {{Percentage | 88350 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| 214
| {{Percentage | 214 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 169
| {{Percentage | 169 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 226
| {{Percentage | 226 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 205
| {{Percentage | 205 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 228
| {{Percentage | 228 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 27
| {{Percentage | 27 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 380
| {{Percentage | 380 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 35
| {{Percentage | 35 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 8
| {{Percentage | 8 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 39
| {{Percentage | 39 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 107
| {{Percentage | 107 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 1,100
| {{Percentage | 1100 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 983
| {{Percentage | 983 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 1,667
| {{Percentage | 1667 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 6
| {{Percentage | 6 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 12,677
| {{Percentage | 12677 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 252,617
! {{Percentage | 252617 | 252617 | 2 }}
! 299,690
! {{Percentage | 299690 | 299690 | 2 }}
! 314,351
! {{Percentage | 314351 | 314351 | 2 }}
! 268,133
! {{Percentage | 268133 | 268133 | 2 }}
! 284,275
! {{Percentage | 284275 | 284275 | 2 }}
! 316,757
! {{Percentage | 316757 | 316757 | 2 }}
! 378,380
! {{Percentage | 378380 | 378380 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note1: [[British Punjab province]] era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province region]] during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Note2: [[British Punjab province]] era figures are for [[Kapurthala State]].}}
|}
 
=== Language ===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Kapurthala district (2011)&lt;ref name="languages"/&gt;
|label1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value1 = 91.20 |color1 = pink
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 7.23 |color2 = orange
|label3 = Others |value3 = 1.57 |color3 = grey
|thumb=left}}
 
At the time of the 2011 census, 91.20% of the population spoke [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and 7.23% [[Hindi]] as their first language.&lt;ref name="languages"&gt;{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Punjab |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10219/download/13331/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0300.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 
==Economy==
The income of [[Municipalities]] and [[Municipal corporations]] in  Kapurthala district from municipal rates and taxes in the year 2018 was 459,777 thousand rupees.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url = https://punjab.data.gov.in/resource/district-wise-income-municipalitiescorporations-punjab-municipal-rates-and-taxes-punjab | title = District-wise Income of Municipalities/Corporations in Punjab from Municipal Rates and Taxes in Punjab from 1968 to 2018 (As on March) | date = 8 July 2020 | access-date = 1 October 2024 }}&lt;/ref&gt;
 
In 2010–11, there were 4,305 registered Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) units in Kapurthala district, which provided employment to 22,678 people. There were 5 registered Medium and Large industrial units, which provided employment to 17,000 people.&lt;ref&gt;[https://dcmsme.gov.in/old/dips/Kapurthala.pdf&amp;ved=2ahUKEwigw_v4we6FAxX49DgGHbjoDGwQFnoECGUQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw19qEJBplRwWyUuEUzgHhQD "Brief Industrial Profile of Kapurthala District"], MSME Development Institute, Government of India, Ministry of MSME, Table 3.2.&lt;/ref&gt; In February 2023, Kapurthala district was declared second best across Punjab in giving timely approval to new industries and promoting investment by creating good environment for the establishment of new commercial industrial units.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=26 February 2023 |title=Kapurthala 2nd best in timely approvals for new industries |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/kapurthala-2nd-best-in-timely-approvals-for-new-industries-483273/ |website=The Tribune}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 
==Health==
According to the National Blindness and Visual Survey India 2015–19, 11.53% people in Kapurthala district above the age of 50 were [[visually impaired]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1808234|title=Measures Taken to Control Blindness Cases - Annexure-I|date=22 March 2022|publisher=Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|website=pib.gov.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120143341/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1808234|archive-date=20 January 2025|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; In April 2023, Parhar hospital in [[Phagwara]] became the first hospital in Punjab to get advanced technology for [[Robot-assisted surgery|Robot Joint Replacement Surgeries]].&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/national/news/parhar-hospital-becomes-punjabs-first-fully-automatic-robotic-surgery-center-192903 "Parhar Hospital becomes Punjab's first fully automatic robotic surgery center"] – Punjab News Express, by
Ashok Kaura, 21 December 2022.&lt;/ref&gt;
 
The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Kapurthala, as of year 2020.
 
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+ District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Kapurthala, year 2020
&lt;ref name="ebrary"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/api/collection/p15738coll2/id/131901/download|title=District Nutrition Profile - Kapurthala, Punjab|publisher=Poshan|website=ebrary.ifpri.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211042249/https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/api/collection/p15738coll2/id/131901/download|archive-date=11 December 2023|url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt;
!Indicators!!Number of children (&lt;5 years)!! Percent (2020)!! Percent (2016)
|-
|Stunted||13,534||28%||35%
|-
|Wasted||4,931||10%||23%
|-
|Severely wasted||1,328||3%||11%
|-
|Underweight||9,973||21%||27%
|-
|Overweight/obesity||1,313||3%||1%
|-
|Anemia||32,889||76%||61%
|-
|Total children||48,111||||
|}
 
The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Kapurthala of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2020.
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+District nutritional profile of Kapurthala of women of 15–49 years, in 2020&lt;ref name="ebrary"/&gt;
!Indicators!!Number of women (15–49 years)!! Percent (2020)!!Percent (2016)
|-
|Underweight (BMI &lt;18.5&amp;nbsp;kg/m^2)||31,663||16%||11%
|-
|Overweight/obesity||76,581||39%||24%
|-
|Hypertension||50,788||26%||12%
|-
|Diabetes||29,369||15%||NA
|-
|Anemia (non-preg)||123,249||63%||43%
|-
|Anemia (preg)||6,298||58%||27%
|-
|Total women (preg)||10,907||||
|-
|Total women||194,368||||
|}
 
The table below shows the current use of family planning methods by currently married women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Kapurthala district.
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Family planning methods used by women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Kapurthala district&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://rchiips.org/nfhs/FCTS/PB/PB_FactSheet_36_Kapurthala.pdf|title=National Familty Health Survey - 4, 2015-16 - District Fact Sheet - Kapurthala, Punjab|publisher=Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|website=rchiips.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503115939/http://rchiips.org/nfhs/FCTS/PB/PB_FactSheet_36_Kapurthala.pdf|archive-date=3 May 2024|url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt;
!Method!!Total (2019–21)!! Total (2015–16)!!Urban (2015–16)!!Rural (2015–16)
|-
|Female sterilization||22.1%||40.4%||37.8%||41.9%
|-
|Male sterilization||0.8%||0.7%||1.4%||0.3%
|-
|IUD/PPIUD||1.6%||4.3%||6.0%||3.4%
|-
|Pill||1.6%||1.9%||1.9%||1.9%
|-
|Condom||20.5%||17.6%||20.6%||15.9%
|-
|Any modern method||47.2%|| 65.0%||67.6%||63.5%
|-
|Any method||61.0%||70.0%||71.7%||69.1%
|-
|Total unmet need||13.4%||8.2%||7.8%||8.5%
|-
|Unmet need for spacing||4.4%||1.5%||2.0%||1.2%
|}
 
The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Kapurthala district by year.
 
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+Road accidents and people affected in Kapurthala district by year&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url =https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/road-accidents-punjab | title = Road Accidents in Punjab | website = punjab.data.gov.in | date = 21 January 2022 | access-date = 1 October 2024 }}&lt;/ref&gt;
!Year!!Accidents!!Killed!!Injured!!Vehicles Involved
|-
|2022||136||118||62||185
|-
|2021||134||102||38||148
|-
|2020||144||121||65||122
|-
|2019||213||184||81||158
|}
 
== Politics ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No.
! Constituency
! Name of MLA
! colspan="2" | Party
!Bench
|-
!26
|[[Bholath Assembly constituency|Bholath]]
| [[Sukhpal Singh Khaira]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Opposition
|-
!27
|[[Kapurthala Assembly constituency|Kapurthala]]
| [[Rana Gurjeet Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Opposition
|-
!28
|[[Sultanpur Lodhi Assembly constituency|Sultanpur Lodhi]]
| [[Rana Inder Pratap Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|Opposition
|-
!29
|[[Phagwara Assembly constituency|Phagwara]] (SC)
|Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Opposition
|}
 
==Notable people==
*[[Kartar Singh Thind]], a [[botanist]]
*[[Purshottam Das Jalota]], a classical and devotional music singer, best known for his [[bhajans]] and receiver of [[Padam Shri]] award
 
== Notes ==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:50, 20 March 2026

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Kapurthala.
Kapurthala district
District of Punjab
Kapurthala Sainik School, former palace of the Maharajas of Kapurthala
Kapurthala Sainik School, former palace of the Maharajas of Kapurthala
Location in Punjab
Location in Punjab
Coordinates: 31°22′46″N 75°23′05″E / 31.37944°N 75.38472°E / 31.37944; 75.38472
Country India
State Punjab
Named forNawab Kapur Singh
HeadquartersKapurthala
Government
 • Deputy commissionerD P S Kharbanda IAS
Area
 • Total1,633 km2 (631 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[‡]
 • Total815,168
 • Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationPB-09
Literacy80.20%
Websitewww.kapurthala.gov.in

Kapurthala District is a district of the state of Punjab in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district's headquarters.

Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people by the 2011 census. The district is divided into two noncontiguous parts—the main Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi portion and the Phagwara tehsil.<ref>Demography of kapurthala state gov.in</ref>

The Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi part lies between north latitude 31° 07' and 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 36'. In the north it is bound by Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Amritsar districts, in the west by the Beas River and Amritsar district, and in south by the Sutlej River, Jalandhar district, and Hoshiaripur district.

Phagwara tehsil lies between north latitude 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 40' and 75° 55'. Phagwara lies on the National Highway No 1, and the tehsil is much more industrially developed than the remainder of Kapurthala District. Phagwara is situated at a distance of 19 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Jalandhar, and the tehsil is bounded on two sides by Jalandhar District whereas north by Hoshiarpur district and east by S B S Nagar District.

The district has three subdivisions/tehsils: Kapurthala, Phagwara, and Sultanpur Lodhi. The total area of the district is 1,633 km (1,015 mi) of which 909.09 km2 (351.00 sq mi) is in Kapurthala tehsil, 304.05 km2 (117.39 sq mi) is in Phagwara tehsil and 451.0 km2 (174.1 sq mi) is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil. The economy of the district is still predominantly agricultural.

Demographics

Photograph of rural life in Kapurthala in 1927, a true-colour photograph taken by Albert Kahn

According to the 2011 census Kapurthala district has a population of 815,168,<ref name="districtcensus">"District Census Hand Book – Kapurthala" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.</ref> roughly equal to the nation of Comoros<ref name="cia">US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.</ref> or the US state of South Dakota.<ref>"2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. South Dakota 814,180</ref> This gives it a ranking of 481st in India (out of a total of 640).<ref name="districtcensus" /> The district has a population density of 501 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,300/sq mi).<ref name="districtcensus" /> Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.37%.<ref name="districtcensus" /> Kapurthala has a sex ratio of 912 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 80.2%. Scheduled Castes made up 33.94% of the population.<ref name="districtcensus" />

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951295,071—    
1961343,778+1.54%
1971429,514+2.25%
1981545,249+2.41%
1991646,647+1.72%
2001754,521+1.55%
2011815,168+0.78%
source:<ref>Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901</ref>

Gender

The table below shows the sex ratio of Kapurthala district through decades.

Sex ratio of Kapurthala district<ref>"District-wise Decadal Sex ratio in Punjab". Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.</ref>
Census year Ratio
2011 912
2001 887
1991 896
1981 898
1971 889
1961 886
1951 880

The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Kapurthala district.

Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Kapurthala district<ref>"Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India". 21 January 2022.</ref>
Year Urban Rural
2011 896 859
2001 792 782

Religions

Religion in Kapurthala district (2011)<ref name="religion"/>
Religion Percent
Sikhism
 
 55.66%
Hinduism
 
 41.23%
Islam
 
 1.25%
Buddhism
 
 0.82%
Christianity
 
 0.66%
Other or not stated
 
 0.38%
Religion in tehsils of Kapurthala district (2011)<ref name="religion" />
Tehsil Sikhism (%) Hinduism (%) Islam (%) Others (%)
Bhulath 78.10 18.88 0.86 2.16
Kapurthala 60.88 36.72 1.44 0.96
Sultanpur Lodhi 75.83 23.17 0.33 0.67
Phagwara 29.05 65.80 1.6 3.55

Sikhs are the majority in Kapurthala district, and dominate rural areas. Hindus are the majority in urban areas.<ref name="religion">"Table C-01 Population by Religious Community: Punjab". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.</ref>

The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Kapurthala district.

Absolute numbers of different religious groups in Kapurthala district<ref>"Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India". 21 January 2022.</ref>
Religion Urban (2011) Rural (2011) Urban (2001) Rural (2001) Urban (1991) Rural (1991)
Hindu 183,623 152,501 150,751 135,687 106,614 104,987
Sikh 89,331 364,361 89,421 359,233 55,075 263,070
Muslim 3,965 6,225 2,461 3,947 573 2,156
Christian 1,900 3,545 1,406 2,947 566 1,302
Other religions 3,643 6,074 2,488 6,180 590 316
Religious groups in Kapurthala District (British Punjab province era)
Religious<br>group 1881<ref name="Census1881A">"Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I." 1881. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057656. Retrieved 26 December 2024.</ref><ref name="Census1881B">"Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II". 1881. p. 14. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057657. Retrieved 26 December 2024.</ref><ref name="Census1881C">"Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III". 1881. p. 14. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057658. Retrieved 26 December 2024.</ref> 1891<ref name="Census1891">"The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory". 1891. p. 14. JSTOR saoa.crl.25318669. Retrieved 26 December 2024.</ref> 1901<ref name="Census1901">"Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 30 March 2024.</ref> 1911<ref name="Census1911">"Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 30 March 2024.</ref><ref name="Census1911B">Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 30 March 2024.</ref> 1921<ref name="Census1921">"Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 30 March 2024.</ref> 1931<ref name="Census1931">"Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 30 March 2024.</ref> 1941<ref name="Census1941">India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 30 March 2024.</ref>
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 142,974 56.6% 170,557 56.91% 178,326 56.73% 152,117 56.73% 160,457 56.44% 179,251 56.59% 213,754 56.49%
Hinduism [lower-alpha 1] 82,900 32.82% 89,463 29.85% 93,652 29.79% 61,426 22.91% 58,412 20.55% 64,319 20.31% 61,546 16.27%
Sikhism 26,493 10.49% 39,493 13.18% 42,101 13.39% 54,275 20.24% 64,074 22.54% 72,177 22.79% 88,350 23.35%
Jainism 214 0.08% 169 0.06% 226 0.07% 205 0.08% 228 0.08% 27 0.01% 380 0.1%
Christianity 35 0.01% 8 0% 39 0.01% 107 0.04% 1,100 0.39% 983 0.31% 1,667 0.44%
Buddhism 1 0% 0 0% 3 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 4 0% 3 0% 4 0% 0 0% 6 0%
Judaism N/A N/A 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 12,677 3.35%
Total population 252,617 100% 299,690 100% 314,351 100% 268,133 100% 284,275 100% 316,757 100% 378,380 100%
Note1: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.<br><br>Note2: British Punjab province era figures are for Kapurthala State.

Language

Languages of Kapurthala district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>

  Punjabi (91.20%)
  Hindi (7.23%)
  Others (1.57%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 91.20% of the population spoke Punjabi and 7.23% Hindi as their first language.<ref name="languages">"Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Punjab". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.</ref>

Economy

The income of Municipalities and Municipal corporations in Kapurthala district from municipal rates and taxes in the year 2018 was 459,777 thousand rupees.<ref>"District-wise Income of Municipalities/Corporations in Punjab from Municipal Rates and Taxes in Punjab from 1968 to 2018 (As on March)". 8 July 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2024.</ref>

In 2010–11, there were 4,305 registered Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) units in Kapurthala district, which provided employment to 22,678 people. There were 5 registered Medium and Large industrial units, which provided employment to 17,000 people.<ref>"Brief Industrial Profile of Kapurthala District", MSME Development Institute, Government of India, Ministry of MSME, Table 3.2.</ref> In February 2023, Kapurthala district was declared second best across Punjab in giving timely approval to new industries and promoting investment by creating good environment for the establishment of new commercial industrial units.<ref>"Kapurthala 2nd best in timely approvals for new industries". The Tribune. 26 February 2023.</ref>

Health

According to the National Blindness and Visual Survey India 2015–19, 11.53% people in Kapurthala district above the age of 50 were visually impaired.<ref>"Measures Taken to Control Blindness Cases - Annexure-I". pib.gov.in. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025.</ref> In April 2023, Parhar hospital in Phagwara became the first hospital in Punjab to get advanced technology for Robot Joint Replacement Surgeries.<ref>"Parhar Hospital becomes Punjab's first fully automatic robotic surgery center" – Punjab News Express, by Ashok Kaura, 21 December 2022.</ref>

The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Kapurthala, as of year 2020.

District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Kapurthala, year 2020 <ref name="ebrary">"District Nutrition Profile - Kapurthala, Punjab". ebrary.ifpri.org. Poshan. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023.</ref>
Indicators Number of children (<5 years) Percent (2020) Percent (2016)
Stunted 13,534 28% 35%
Wasted 4,931 10% 23%
Severely wasted 1,328 3% 11%
Underweight 9,973 21% 27%
Overweight/obesity 1,313 3% 1%
Anemia 32,889 76% 61%
Total children 48,111

The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Kapurthala of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2020.

District nutritional profile of Kapurthala of women of 15–49 years, in 2020<ref name="ebrary"/>
Indicators Number of women (15–49 years) Percent (2020) Percent (2016)
Underweight (BMI <18.5&nbsp;kg/m^2) 31,663 16% 11%
Overweight/obesity 76,581 39% 24%
Hypertension 50,788 26% 12%
Diabetes 29,369 15% NA
Anemia (non-preg) 123,249 63% 43%
Anemia (preg) 6,298 58% 27%
Total women (preg) 10,907
Total women 194,368

The table below shows the current use of family planning methods by currently married women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Kapurthala district.

Family planning methods used by women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Kapurthala district<ref>"National Familty Health Survey - 4, 2015-16 - District Fact Sheet - Kapurthala, Punjab" (PDF). rchiips.org. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2024.</ref>
Method Total (2019–21) Total (2015–16) Urban (2015–16) Rural (2015–16)
Female sterilization 22.1% 40.4% 37.8% 41.9%
Male sterilization 0.8% 0.7% 1.4% 0.3%
IUD/PPIUD 1.6% 4.3% 6.0% 3.4%
Pill 1.6% 1.9% 1.9% 1.9%
Condom 20.5% 17.6% 20.6% 15.9%
Any modern method 47.2% 65.0% 67.6% 63.5%
Any method 61.0% 70.0% 71.7% 69.1%
Total unmet need 13.4% 8.2% 7.8% 8.5%
Unmet need for spacing 4.4% 1.5% 2.0% 1.2%

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Kapurthala district by year.

Road accidents and people affected in Kapurthala district by year<ref>"Road Accidents in Punjab". punjab.data.gov.in. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2024.</ref>
Year Accidents Killed Injured Vehicles Involved
2022 136 118 62 185
2021 134 102 38 148
2020 144 121 65 122
2019 213 184 81 158

Politics

No. Constituency Name of MLA Party Bench
26 Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira Indian National Congress Opposition
27 Kapurthala Rana Gurjeet Singh Indian National Congress Opposition
28 Sultanpur Lodhi Rana Inder Pratap Singh Independent politician Opposition
29 Phagwara (SC) Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal Indian National Congress Opposition

Notable people

Notes

  1. ↑ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

References

External links

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