District of Punjab

Rupnagar: 6.8 lakh people, one story

People
6,84,627
Area
1,356 km²
Literacy
82.19%
Sex ratio
915
Top 3 in PunjabHousehold industry workers: 5.3 % of workers. Rank 3 of 20 districts.See the numbers →Big number6.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 505 to every km².See the numbers →

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RupnagarPunjab

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

Rupnagar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population6.8 lakh#16/20 in Punjab
Area1,356 km²#17/20 in Punjab
Population density505 per km²#8/20 in Punjab▼ state 551
Sex ratio915 females per 1000 males#4/20 in Punjab▲ state 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)863 girls per 1000 boys#5/20 in Punjab▲ state 846
Literacy rate82.19%#5/20 in Punjab▲ state 75.84
Female literacy76.42%#5/20 in Punjab▲ state 70.73
Urban population26.0%#15/20 in Punjab▼ state 37.5

People & society

82.2% can read. 915 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
87.580.4
Female literacy
76.470.7
Scheduled Castes
26.431.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
26.037.5

Gender literacy gap: 11.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 44.5%
  • Muslim 2.1%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Sikh 52.7%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    29 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.3 lakh workers, 34.1% of all people

    This district
    Punjab
    • Cultivators 19.5%
    • Farm labourers 9.2%
    • Household industry 5.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 66.0%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      61.966.6
      Latrine at home
      42.454.7
      Tap water
      38.735.1
      LPG / PNG
      32.537.6
      Phone
      54.856.6
      Television
      53.656.9
      Bicycle
      45.845.7
      Two-wheeler
      34.632.7

      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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