| Voice of Sangrur : Anil
Sharma
1) Many farmers are committing suicide due to debts.
2) Usage of drugs by youngsters is the second major issue.
3) There is a slight rise in divorce cases due to dowry.
4) Economically backward children are not able to afford education.
5) Increasing population.
Sangrur District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 5021.0 Km2
Population in Sangrur (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 16,54,408
Male : 8,78,628
Female : 7,75,780
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 41541
In seeing : 19468
In speech : 1881
In hearing : 1531
In movement : 13348
Mental : 5313
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 423
Sex Ratio Rank : 82
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 210 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 373 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Sangrur District
Introduction
The district of Sangrur was formed in 1948. The
name of the district from its headquarters, Sangrur, said to be
have founded by one Sanghu, a Jat, about 400 years back.The Sangrur
District as of today comprises parts of a few erstwhile distinct
administrative units, the Philkian States if Jind, Nabha and Patiala:
the Mohammadan State of Malerkotla; and some parts of then district
of Ludhiana. It is interesting to note that Sangrur itself was
earlier a part of Nabha State. History of the district is, therefore,
complicated, although it is traceable through its various components.
In brief, history of the district is given as under.
Origin of the name of the District
The District of Sangrur takes its name from its
headquarters town, Sangrur. It is said to have been founded by
one Sanghu, a Jat, about four hundred years back.
Sangrur is one of the four districts in Patiala
Division. It is, one of the southern districts of the State and
lies between 29 o - 4 ' & 30 o
- 42 ' North latitude and 75 o -18 '
and 76 o -13 ' East longitude.
It is bounded by Ludhiana and Firozpur districts
in the north, by Bhatinda district in the west, by Patiala district
in the east and by Jind district (State Haryana) in the south.Sangrur,
the headquarters of the district administration is directly linked
by road with Chandigarh (142 Km), Ludhiana (80 Km), Budhlada (73
Km), Delhi (257 Km), Sultanpur (189 Km), Gurdaspur(250 Km), Ganga-Nagar(240
Km), Nangal (Km). It is also directly linked by rail with Ludhiana
and Jhakhal (in Haryana). All the municipal towns of the district
except Bhadaur, Bhawanigarh, Dhanaula and Longowal have railway
stations.
Area and Population of the District
According to the Deputy Economic and Statistical
Advisor, Sangrur the area of the Sangrur is 502417 Hectare in
the year 2004-2005. In terms of area, the district ranks 3th in
the State after Firozpur, Faridkot districts.
The tehsil-wise area of the district, Deputy
Economic and Statistical Advisor, Sangrur, Punjab, is given Below
:
Sub-Divisional Wise Population in District Sangrur as 0n 01-01-2004
| Subdivision |
Rural/Urban |
Total |
Males |
females |
| Sangrur |
Rural |
206351 |
110472 |
95879 |
| |
Urban |
116020 |
61986 |
54034 |
| Sunam |
Rural |
250224 |
134572 |
115652 |
| |
Urban |
78575 |
41982 |
36593 |
| Barnala |
Rural |
366364 |
194932 |
171432 |
| |
Urban |
160567 |
86562 |
74005 |
| Malerkotla |
Rural |
251408 |
134357 |
117051 |
| |
Urban |
135031 |
71711 |
63320 |
| Dhuri |
Rural |
190674 |
101916 |
88758 |
| |
Urban |
49406 |
26425 |
22981 |
| Moonak |
Rural |
150333 |
80349 |
69984 |
| |
Urban |
45220 |
24025 |
21195 |
| Grand Total |
|
2000173 |
1069289 |
930884 |
| Total |
Rural |
1415354 |
756598 |
658756 |
| Total |
Urban |
584819 |
312691 |
272128 |
Sangrur At a Glance
| Area |
5021 Sq. Kms. (According to Dy E.S.A., Sangrur) |
| Population |
2000173(Census 2001) |
Climate
Climatic Divisions and Seasons and their Duration.
The climate of the district is on the whole dry
and is characterised by a short monsoon, a hot summer and a bracing
cold winter. The year may be divided into four seasons. The cold
season from November to March is followed by the hot season lasting
up to the end of June. The period from July to mid-September constitutes
the rainy season, of south-west monsoon, the second half of September
and October may be termed the post-monsoon or transition period.
Temperature
At Sangrur, there is a meteorological observatory
functioning since 1970. The available data of this station are
not sufficient for the preparation of normals. The account which
follows is, therefore, based on the records of this observatory
together with records of observa- tions in the neighbouring districts
where similar climatic conditions prevail. Temperature starts
rising from middle of February and from about the beginning of
March increase rapidly till June which is generally the hottest
month. The mean daily maximums temperature during June is around
104F(40C) and the mean daily minimum is around 80.6F (27C). The
heat is intense in summer. On individual days, the day temperature
may occasionally exceed l16 'F (47"C) or 118.4F(48C). Scorching
dust laden winds which blow during the hot season render the weather
very trying. Afternoon thundershowers which occur on some days
bring some relief although temporarily. With the onset of monsoon
by the end of or the beginning of July, there is Junea drop in
the day temperatures but nights continue to be as warm as in June.
Due to increased humidity in the monsoon the weather is oppressive
in between the rains. At the end of rainy season, by the middle
of September, there is a decrease in temperature, the drop in
the night temperatures being more rapid. After October, both day
and night temperatures decrease rapidly. January is usually the
coldest month with the mean daily maximum temperature at about
68F (20"C) and the mean daily minimum at about 56.6F (7"C). In
winter, particularly in January and February, cold waves in the
wake of passing western disturbances affect the district and the
minimum temperature occasionally drops down below the freezing
point of water. On such occasions frosts are likely in the district.
Humidity
During the south-west monsoon, season July to
September the relative humidity is high, being 75 to 80 per cent
in the mornings and about 55 to 65 per cent in the afternoons.
High humidities of more than 70 per cent also prevail during the
winter months, December to February. It is comparatively drier
during rest of the year. April and May are the driest period of
the year when in the afternoons the relative humidity is 25 per
cent or less.
Rainfall
There are five rain gauge stations in the district,
which started functioning from 1954. Average rainfalls, monthly
as well as yearly, and the number of rainy days recorded at these
five stations and for the district as a whole based on data upto
1980 are given in the Tables 1 and 2. The frequency of annual
rainfall in the Sangrur District from 1954 to 1970 are given in
Table 3. The period of availability of data of these stations
being not sufficiently long, the description that follows is based
on these short period data augmented by the rainfall data of the
neighbouring districts. The average annual rainfall in the district
is about 590 mm, the maximum (about 73 per cent) falling in the
months of July to September, July being the wettest month. The
rainfall in the district increases from south-west towards the
northeast and varies from about 490 mm, at Sunam to about 670
mm at Malerkotla. There is some rain, mostly in the form of thundershowers,
during the pre-monsoon month of June. Some rain is also received
with passing western disturbances during winter. The variation
in the annual rainfall from year to year is large. In the 17 year
period 1954 to 1970, it is seen that the highest annual rain-
fall in the district amounting to 18.2 per cent of the normal
occurred in 1955. The lowest annual rainfall which was 58 per
cent of the normal occurred in 1965. The annual rainfall in the
district was less than 80 per cent of the normal in five out of
17 years. For the district as a whole, two consecutive years of
such low rainfall occurred once. Considering the rainfall at individual
stations. It is seen that similar rainfall has occurred at least
once in four out of five stations. Barnala and Malerkotla had
however such rainfall twice. It will be seen from Table 1 that
the annual rainfall in the district was between 450 and 750 mm
in 10 years out of 17.
On an average, there are 27 rainy days (i.e.
days with rainfall of 2.5 mrn or more) in a year in the district.
This number varies from about 24 at Sunam to about 31 at Malerkotla.
The heaviest rainfall in 24 hours recorded in
the district was 377.5 mm on 9 August 1976 at Barnala.
Atmospheric Pressure and Winds
Winds are generally light but do gain some strength
during the late summer and early part of the monsoon season. In
the south-west monsoon season winds from easterly and southeasterly
directions are more common with north-westerlies blowing on some
days. In the post-monsoon and winter seasons, the predominant
wind direction is north-westerly. In the summer, winds are generally
from north-westerly direction but on some day sthey blow from
south-east.
Special Weather Phenomena
The district is scarcely affected by monsoon
depressions. During the cold season, passing, western disturbances
affect the weather over the district causing few thunder storms.
Rain during June and the monsoon season is often accompanied with
thunder. Dust storms occur occasionally during the hot season.
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