District of Punjab

Kapurthala: 8.2 lakh people, one story

People
8,15,168
Area
1,633 km²
Literacy
79.07%
Sex ratio
912
Top 3 in PunjabScheduled Tribes: 0.0 % of people. Rank 2 of 20 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in PunjabChild sex ratio (0–6): 871 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 3 of 20 districts.See the numbers →Big number8.2 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 499 to every km².See the numbers →

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KapurthalaPunjab

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

Kapurthala in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population8.2 lakh#14/20 in Punjab
Area1,633 km²#14/20 in Punjab
Population density499 per km²#9/20 in Punjab▼ state 551
Sex ratio912 females per 1000 males#5/20 in Punjab▲ state 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)871 girls per 1000 boys#3/20 in Punjab▲ state 846
Literacy rate79.07%#9/20 in Punjab▲ state 75.84
Female literacy74.63%#8/20 in Punjab▲ state 70.73
Urban population34.7%#8/20 in Punjab▼ state 37.5

People & society

79.1% can read. 912 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
83.280.4
Female literacy
74.670.7
Scheduled Castes
33.931.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
34.737.5

Gender literacy gap: 8.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 41.2%
  • Muslim 1.3%
  • Christian 0.7%
  • Sikh 55.7%
  • Buddhist 0.8%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    34 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.8 lakh workers, 34.9% of all people

    This district
    Punjab
    • Cultivators 19.4%
    • Farm labourers 14.9%
    • Household industry 3.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 62.2%

      Schemes & development

      Only 62% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      61.766.6
      Latrine at home
      52.754.7
      Tap water
      33.535.1
      LPG / PNG
      42.337.6
      Phone
      55.656.6
      Television
      55.556.9
      Bicycle
      41.045.7
      Two-wheeler
      34.732.7

      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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