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

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.Demography of kapurthala state gov.in

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 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 of which is in Kapurthala tehsil, is in Phagwara tehsil and is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil. The economy of the district is still predominantly agricultural.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kapurthala district has a population of 815,168, roughly equal to the nation of Comoros or the US state of South Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 481st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.37%. 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.

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

+Sex ratio of Kapurthala districtCensus yearRatio2011912200188719918961981898197188919618861951880

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 districtYearUrbanRural20118968592001792782

Religions

+Religion in tehsils of Kapurthala district (2011)TehsilSikhism (%)Hinduism (%)Islam (%)Others (%)Bhulath78.1018.880.862.16Kapurthala 60.8836.721.440.96Sultanpur Lodhi 75.8323.170.330.67Phagwara 29.0565.801.63.55

Sikhs are the majority in Kapurthala district, and dominate rural areas. Hindus are the majority in urban areas.

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 districtReligionUrban (2011)Rural (2011)Urban (2001)Rural (2001)Urban (1991)Rural (1991)Hindu183,623152,501150,751135,687106,614104,987Sikh89,331364,36189,421359,23355,075263,070Muslim3,9656,2252,4613,9475732,156Christian1,9003,5451,4062,9475661,302Other religions3,6436,0742,4886,180590316 + Religious groups in Kapurthala District (British Punjab province era)Religiousgroup1881189119011911192119311941 Islam 142,974 170,557 178,326 152,117 160,457 179,251 213,754 Hinduism 82,900 89,463 93,652 61,426 58,412 64,319 61,546 Sikhism 26,493 39,493 42,101 54,275 64,074 72,177 88,350 Jainism 214 169 226 205 228 27 380 Christianity 35 8 39 107 1,100 983 1,667 Buddhism 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 Zoroastrianism 0 0 4 3 4 0 6 Judaism 0 0 0 0 0 0 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 12,677 Total population 252,617 299,690 314,351 268,133 284,275 316,757 378,380

Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 91.20% of the population spoke Punjabi and 7.23% Hindi as their first language.

Administration

Subdistricts of Kapurthala district According to the Indian government's integrated online directory, Kapurthala district is divided into the following subdistricts (tehsils/subdivisions) and blocks:

Subdistricts Bhulath Kapurthala Phagwara Sultanpur Lodhi Blocks: Dhilwan Kapurthala Nadala Phagwara Sultanpur Lodhi

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.

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."Brief Industrial Profile of Kapurthala District", MSME Development Institute, Government of India, Ministry of MSME, Table 3.2. 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.

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. In April 2023, Parhar hospital in Phagwara became the first hospital in Punjab to get advanced technology for Robot Joint Replacement Surgeries."Parhar Hospital becomes Punjab's first fully automatic robotic surgery center" – Punjab News Express, by Ashok Kaura, 21 December 2022.

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 2020IndicatorsNumber of children (<5 years) Percent (2020) Percent (2016)Stunted13,53428%35%Wasted4,93110%23%Severely wasted1,3283%11%Underweight9,97321%27%Overweight/obesity1,3133%1%Anemia32,88976%61%Total children48,111

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 2020IndicatorsNumber of women (15–49 years) Percent (2020)Percent (2016)Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2)31,66316%11%Overweight/obesity76,58139%24%Hypertension50,78826%12%Diabetes29,36915%NAAnemia (non-preg)123,24963%43%Anemia (preg)6,29858%27%Total women (preg)10,907Total women194,368

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 districtMethodTotal (2019–21) Total (2015–16)Urban (2015–16)Rural (2015–16)Female sterilization22.1%40.4%37.8%41.9%Male sterilization0.8%0.7%1.4%0.3%IUD/PPIUD1.6%4.3%6.0%3.4%Pill1.6%1.9%1.9%1.9%Condom20.5%17.6%20.6%15.9%Any modern method47.2% 65.0%67.6%63.5%Any method61.0%70.0%71.7%69.1%Total unmet need13.4%8.2%7.8%8.5%Unmet need for spacing4.4%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 yearYearAccidentsKilledInjuredVehicles Involved202213611862185202113410238148202014412165122201921318481158

Politics No. Constituency Name of MLA PartyBench26Bholath Sukhpal Singh KhairaOpposition27Kapurthala Rana Gurjeet SinghOpposition28Sultanpur Lodhi Rana Inder Pratap Singh Opposition29Phagwara (SC)Balwinder Singh DhaliwalOpposition

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

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