District of Punjab

Patiala: 19 lakh people, one story

People
18,95,686
Area
3,325 km²
Literacy
75.28%
Sex ratio
891
Lowest in PunjabScheduled Castes: 24.5 % of people. Rank 19 of 20.See the numbers →Big number19 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 570 to every km².See the numbers →

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PatialaPunjab

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

Patiala in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population19 lakh#6/20 in Punjab
Area3,325 km²#7/20 in Punjab
Population density570 per km²#6/20 in Punjab▲ state 551
Sex ratio891 females per 1000 males#11/20 in Punjab▼ state 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)837 girls per 1000 boys#15/20 in Punjab▼ state 846
Literacy rate75.28%#11/20 in Punjab▼ state 75.84
Female literacy69.80%#11/20 in Punjab▼ state 70.73
Urban population40.3%#5/20 in Punjab▲ state 37.5

People & society

75.3% can read. 891 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
80.280.4
Female literacy
69.870.7
Scheduled Castes
24.531.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
40.337.5

Gender literacy gap: 10.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 41.3%
  • Muslim 2.1%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Sikh 55.9%
  • Jain 0.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    31 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    6.6 lakh workers, 34.8% of all people

    This district
    Punjab
    • Cultivators 17.1%
    • Farm labourers 13.5%
    • Household industry 3.6%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 65.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 68% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      68.266.6
      Latrine at home
      59.854.7
      Tap water
      40.135.1
      LPG / PNG
      40.437.6
      Phone
      58.756.6
      Television
      59.656.9
      Bicycle
      48.945.7
      Two-wheeler
      37.532.7

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.