District of Punjab

Faridkot: 6.2 lakh people, one story

People
6,17,508
Area
1,458 km²
Literacy
69.55%
Sex ratio
890
Top 3 in PunjabHomes with electricity (2011): 71.5 % of households. Rank 3 of 20 districts.See the numbers →Big number6.2 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 424 to every km².See the numbers →

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FaridkotPunjab

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

Faridkot in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population6.2 lakh#17/20 in Punjab
Area1,458 km²#16/20 in Punjab
Population density424 per km²#15/20 in Punjab▼ state 551
Sex ratio890 females per 1000 males#12/20 in Punjab▼ state 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)851 girls per 1000 boys#9/20 in Punjab▲ state 846
Literacy rate69.55%#13/20 in Punjab▼ state 75.84
Female literacy63.91%#13/20 in Punjab▼ state 70.73
Urban population35.1%#7/20 in Punjab▼ state 37.5

People & society

69.6% can read. 890 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
74.680.4
Female literacy
63.970.7
Scheduled Castes
38.931.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
35.137.5

Gender literacy gap: 10.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 22.9%
  • Muslim 0.5%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 76.1%
  • Jain 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    48 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.2 lakh workers, 35.9% of all people

    This district
    Punjab
    • Cultivators 24.0%
    • Farm labourers 24.4%
    • Household industry 3.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 47.9%

      Schemes & development

      Only 72% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      71.566.6
      Latrine at home
      62.954.7
      Tap water
      30.835.1
      LPG / PNG
      39.137.6
      Phone
      60.356.6
      Television
      58.656.9
      Bicycle
      52.145.7
      Two-wheeler
      32.532.7

      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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