Firozpur district
District in Punjab, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Firozpur district, also known as Ferozepur district, is one of the twenty-three districts in the state of Punjab, India. Firozpur district comprises an area of 2,190 km2 (850 sq mi).
Firozpur district
Firojpur district | |
|---|---|
 Memorial gurudwara for Battle of Saragarhi in Firozpur | |
.svg) Location in Punjab | |
| Coordinates: 30°56′24″N 74°37′12″E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| Founded by | Firoz Shah Tughluq |
| Named for | Firoz Shah Tughluq |
| Headquarters | Firozpur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,406.84 km2 (929.29 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 230th |
| Population (2011)[‡] | |
| • Total | 1,001,931 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | PB 05 |
| Literacy | 69.80% |
| No. of villages | 639 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 1 |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | 4 |
| Website | ferozepur |
Firozpur (Ferozepur) is the capital city of the district. It is situated inside ten gates—Amritsari Gate, Wansi Gate, Makhu Gate, Zira Gate, Bagdadi Gate, Mori Gate, Delhi Gate, Magjani Gate, Multani Gate, and Kasuri Gate.
According to the 2011 Census the undivided Firozpur district had a population of 2,029,074.[1] This gives it a ranking of 230th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 380 inhabitants per square kilometre (980/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 16.08%. Firozpur has a sex ratio of 893 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.8%. (This data is before the creation of Fazilka district.)[2]
After bifurcation of Fazilika district, the residual district has a population of 1,001,931. Scheduled Castes made up 42.85% of the population.[3]
Gender
The table below shows the sex ratio of Firozpur district through decades.
| Census year | Ratio |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 893 |
| 2001 | 885 |
| 1991 | 895 |
| 1981 | 884 |
| 1971 | 876 |
| 1961 | 840 |
| 1951 | 835 |
| 1941 | 810 |
| 1931 | 814 |
| 1921 | 802 |
| 1911 | 778 |
| 1901 | 826 |
The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Firozpur district.
| Year | Urban | Rural |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 838 | 845 |
| 2001 | 813 | 825 |
Religion
| Religious group |
1901[7] | 1911[8][9] | 1921[10] | 1931[11] | 1941[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam  |
447,615 | 46.72% | 418,553 | 43.61% | 482,540 | 43.94% | 515,430 | 44.56% | 641,448 | 45.07% |
Hinduism  [lower-alpha 2] |
279,099 | 29.13% | 273,832 | 28.53% | 306,350 | 27.89% | 244,688 | 21.15% | 287,733 | 20.22% |
Sikhism  |
228,355 | 23.83% | 262,511 | 27.35% | 302,761 | 27.57% | 388,108 | 33.55% | 479,486 | 33.69% |
Christianity  |
1,908 | 0.2% | 3,342 | 0.35% | 5,365 | 0.49% | 7,070 | 0.61% | 12,607 | 0.89% |
Jainism  |
1,090 | 0.11% | 1,401 | 0.15% | 1,211 | 0.11% | 1,411 | 0.12% | 1,674 | 0.12% |
Zoroastrianism  |
4 | 0% | 18 | 0% | 15 | 0% | 24 | 0% | 28 | 0% |
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0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
Judaism  |
0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 13 | 0% |
| Others | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 86 | 0.01% |
| Total population | 958,072 | 100% | 959,657 | 100% | 1,098,248 | 100% | 1,156,732 | 100% | 1,423,076 | 100% |
| Note: 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. | ||||||||||
| Tehsil | Hinduism [lower-alpha 2] |
Islam |
Sikhism |
Christianity |
Jainism |
Others[lower-alpha 3] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Firozpur Tehsil | 53,520 | 18.44% | 160,371 | 55.25% | 70,782 | 24.38% | 3,847 | 1.33% | 745 | 0.26% | 1,021 | 0.35% | 290,286 | 100% |
| Zira Tehsil | 18,863 | 8.95% | 137,586 | 65.26% | 50,209 | 23.82% | 3,801 | 1.8% | 349 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.01% | 210,819 | 100% |
| Moga Tehsil | 30,531 | 10.91% | 66,855 | 23.9% | 181,454 | 64.86% | 823 | 0.29% | 32 | 0.01% | 68 | 0.02% | 279,763 | 100% |
| Muktsar Tehsil | 46,169 | 17.13% | 115,350 | 42.79% | 106,270 | 39.42% | 948 | 0.35% | 313 | 0.12% | 529 | 0.2% | 269,579 | 100% |
| Fazilka Tehsil | 138,650 | 37.21% | 161,286 | 43.28% | 70,771 | 18.99% | 1,612 | 0.43% | 235 | 0.06% | 75 | 0.02% | 372,629 | 100% |
| Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category. | ||||||||||||||
Language
Languages of Firozpur district (2011)[13][lower-alpha 4]
Others (1.32%)
At the time of the 2011 census, 93.01% of the population spoke Punjabi and 5.67% Rajasthani as their first language.[13]
| No. | Constituency | Name of MLA | Party | Bench | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Zira | Naresh Kataria | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
| 76 | Firozpur City | Ranveer Singh Bhullar | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
| 77 | Firozpur Rural (SC) | Rajnish Dahiya | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
| 78 | Guru Har Sahai | Fauja Singh Srari | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
The district is administratively into the following tehsils:[1]
List of Sub-Tehsils of Firozpur
- Makhu
- Talwandi Bhai
- Mamdot
- Mudki
Blocks of district Firozpur
- Firozpur
- Ghall Khurd
- Guru Har Sahai
- Makhu
- Mamdot
- Zira
Vidhan Sabha Seats in Firozpur
- Firozpur
- Firozpur Rural
- Guru Har Sahai
- Zira
- Mohinder Singh Randhawa, a historian, civil servant, botanist, and author
- Harvinder Sahota, an Indian American cardiologist, researcher and inventor, known for the invention of Perfusion Balloon Angioplasty known as "Sahota Perfusion Balloon"
- Kamaljeet Sandhu, an athlete, first Indian woman to win an individual gold medal in Asian games and receiver of Padma Shri award.
- Man Mohan Sondhi, researcher in speech processing and signal processing who worked at Bell Laboratories, famous for his research on echo cancellation.
- Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa, first Hazoori Ragi to awarded the Padma Shri, highly regarded ragi with knowledge of all 31 Raags of Guru Granth Sahib.
- Sada Kaur, Rani of Sarkar-e-Khalsa.
- Gerry Whent, founder and first chief executive of Vodafone.
- Mahabali Shera, Indian professional wrestler.
- Bano Qudsia, a Pakistani novelist, playwright and spiritualist
- Verma Malik, an active freedom fighter during the British Raj, a lyricist in bollywood and punjabi movies, poet.
- Frederick Currie (cricketer), an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
- 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
- Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
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