District of Punjab

Barnala: 6 lakh people, one story

People
5,95,527
Area
1,482 km²
Literacy
67.82%
Sex ratio
876
Lowest in PunjabScheduled Tribes: 0.0 % of people. Rank 20 of 20.See the numbers →Lowest in PunjabPopulation: 5,95,527. Rank 20 of 20.See the numbers →Big number6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 402 to every km².See the numbers →

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BarnalaPunjab

The history, places and schemes of Barnala are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Barnala in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population6 lakh#20/20 in Punjab
Area1,482 km²#15/20 in Punjab
Population density402 per km²#17/20 in Punjab▼ state 551
Sex ratio876 females per 1000 males#17/20 in Punjab▼ state 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)843 girls per 1000 boys#11/20 in Punjab▼ state 846
Literacy rate67.82%#17/20 in Punjab▼ state 75.84
Female literacy63.57%#14/20 in Punjab▼ state 70.73
Urban population32.0%#9/20 in Punjab▼ state 37.5

People & society

67.8% can read. 876 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
71.680.4
Female literacy
63.670.7
Scheduled Castes
32.231.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
32.037.5

Gender literacy gap: 8.0 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 19.0%
  • Muslim 2.2%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Sikh 78.5%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    48 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.1 lakh workers, 35.2% of all people

    This district
    Punjab
    • Cultivators 28.8%
    • Farm labourers 19.3%
    • Household industry 2.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 49.4%

      Schemes & development

      Only 70% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      69.566.6
      Latrine at home
      59.854.7
      Tap water
      40.935.1
      LPG / PNG
      32.137.6
      Phone
      56.956.6
      Television
      55.256.9
      Bicycle
      53.445.7
      Two-wheeler
      31.632.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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