| Voice of Mansa : Krishwant
Gohil
Mansa District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 2169.0 Km2
Population in Mansa (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 7,68,808
Male : 4,08,921
Female : 3,59,887
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 13458
In seeing : 4494
In speech : 681
In hearing : 767
In movement : 5812
Mental : 1704
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 427
Sex Ratio Rank : 106
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 482 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 479 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Mansa District
Mansa district was formed on 13th April 1992 from the erst while
district of Bathinda. Mansa is a small district both in terms of
population and area. It is situated on the rail line between Bathinda-Jind-Delhi
section and also situated on Barnala-Sardulgarh-Sirsa Road.
The town is said to have been founded
by Bhai Gurdas who hailed from Dhingar, Distt. Mansa. He is said
to have been married at this place among the Dhaliwal Jat Sikh.
Once he came to his in-laws to take his wife alongwith him but they
refused to send her. At this, Bhai Gurdas sat in meditation before
the house of his in-laws. After some time, the parents of the girl
agreed to send their daughter with Bhai Gurdas. But he refused to
take her alongwith him, stating that he had now renounced the worldly
way of life. In his memory, his Smadh was constructed where a fair
is held every year in March-April. People in large numbers attend
the fair and offer Laddus and Gur at Smadh. Class ‘A’municipality
has been functioning in the town since 1952.
Mansa is situated in the cotton belt
of Punjab and therefore fondly called the "Area of white gold".
Indeed agriculture forms the backbone of the district economy. During
the months of November and December a visitor to this part of Punjab
shall be the proud witness to the pristine, milky white bloom of
cotton, as nature blossoms in her full glory. The view is indeed
breath taking. While traversing the countryside, one gets a feeling
of sailing through clouds. The population is Punjabi-speaking and
is wedded to the culture of the Malwa belt of Punjab. Industrially,
the district is very deficient, yet some trade and industry is being
carried out in Urban areas
The district is spread over 2,174
sq.kms, having a total population of 6,88,630 as per 2001 census
amounting to 2.9% of the total population of Punjab. In Mansa District,
River Ghaggar flows through distance of 15 Kms and Sirhind Drain
passes through the entire district and has its out-fall in river
Ghaghar.
The town has two Colleges, viz. Govt.
Nehru Memorial Post Graduate College and S.D. Kanya Mahavidyala
College, 3 Senior Secondary School, 90 High School, 1 Middle School
and 1 Primary School and one Distt. Library and has one civil hospital,
3 dispencaries and 1 Ayurvedic and 1 Homeopathic dispensary. There
are two police stations i.e. PS City and PS Sadar and also a railway
station.
Climate
The climate of the district is more
or less typical of punjab plains. It is extremely hot and dry in
summer. Summer begins in March & temp goes up to 45 C in June.
Hot winds & dust strorms are prevalent during summer season.
Monsoon sets in the 1st week of July and continues till mid September.
It is extremely cold in winter.
Soil & Rainfall
The soil characterstic of Mansa district
is sandy. The land is predominately plain except few land dunes.
Ghaggar river is passing through the Sardulgarh block of the district.
Geographical Features & Elevation
Above Sea Level
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