Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in northern India. Sangrur consists of the cities of Dhuri, Lehragaga, Malerkotla, Sangrur, and Sunam. Other cities are Ahmedgarh, Amargarh, Bhawanigarh, Dirba, Khanauri, Longowal and Moonak. There are 8 sub-divisions, being Sangrur, Malerkotla, Dhuri, Sunam, Lehragaga, Moonak, Ahmedgarh and Bhawanigarh. Barnala was once also a part of the district.
Sangrur is a town in the Indian state of Punjab, India. It is the headquarters of Sangrur District.
Notable people
Gurchet Chitarkar, actor
Binnu Dhillon, actor & Comedian
Naresh Goyal, founder of Jet Airways
Saeed Jaffrey, actor
Irshad Kamil, lyricist and poet
Bhagwant Mann, actor, comedian & politician
Rana Ranbir, actor, Comedian & Writer
Udham Singh, Indian independence activist, who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer in March 1940.
Health services
City has PGIMER Satellite Centre Sangrur for providing medical facilities to citizens.
Demographics
At the 2011 census Sangrur Municipal Council had a population of 88,043 with 46,931 males and 41,112 females, giving a gender ratio of 876. There were 9,027 children 0-6 years old and an overall literacy rate of 83.54 % - 87.92 % for males and 78.56 % for females.
According to the 2011 census Sangrur district had a population of 1,655,169 of which male and female were 878,029 and 777,140 respectively[citation needed] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau or the US state of Idaho. This gives it a ranking of 300st in India (out of a total of 640).[citation needed]
The district has a population density of 449 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,160/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.3%. Sangrur has a sex ratio of 885 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 67.99%.[citation needed]
Administrative sub-divisions
Sangrur district is further sub-divided into 7 sub-divisions/tehsils - Dhuri, Lehragaga, Malerkotla, Moonak, Sangrur and Sunam, Dirba.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangrur_district
