District of Punjab

Fatehgarh Sahib: 6 lakh people, one story

People
6,00,163
Area
1,180 km²
Literacy
79.35%
Sex ratio
871
Lowest in PunjabSex ratio: 871 females per 1000 males. Rank 19 of 20.See the numbers →Lowest in PunjabPopulation: 6,00,163. Rank 19 of 20.See the numbers →Lowest in PunjabArea: 1,180 km². Rank 19 of 20.See the numbers →Big number6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 509 to every km².See the numbers →

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Fatehgarh SahibPunjab

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

Fatehgarh Sahib in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population6 lakh#19/20 in Punjab
Area1,180 km²#19/20 in Punjab
Population density509 per km²#7/20 in Punjab▼ state 551
Sex ratio871 females per 1000 males#19/20 in Punjab▼ state 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)842 girls per 1000 boys#12/20 in Punjab▼ state 846
Literacy rate79.35%#8/20 in Punjab▲ state 75.84
Female literacy74.80%#7/20 in Punjab▲ state 70.73
Urban population30.9%#11/20 in Punjab▼ state 37.5

People & society

79.4% can read. 871 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
83.380.4
Female literacy
74.870.7
Scheduled Castes
32.131.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
30.937.5

Gender literacy gap: 8.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 25.5%
  • Muslim 2.8%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Sikh 71.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    31 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.1 lakh workers, 35.8% of all people

    This district
    Punjab
    • Cultivators 20.6%
    • Farm labourers 10.0%
    • Household industry 3.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 65.7%

      Schemes & development

      Only 65% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      65.066.6
      Latrine at home
      57.154.7
      Tap water
      25.335.1
      LPG / PNG
      36.637.6
      Phone
      56.356.6
      Television
      56.156.9
      Bicycle
      48.545.7
      Two-wheeler
      36.432.7

      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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