| Voice of Moga : Dr.
Rohin Sachdeva
In Moga, health infrastructure is yet to develop. There are no
good hospitals in this district. People are forced to travel far
away to get treated. It would be of great help if government could
open a multi specialist hospital for us.
Moga District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 2216.0 Km2
Population in Moga (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 9,92,289
Male : 5,24,289
Female : 4,68,000
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 20788
In seeing : 8929
In speech : 876
In hearing : 865
In movement : 7719
Mental : 2399
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 413
Sex Ratio Rank : 124
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 415 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 313 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Moga District
Moga District is the 17th District drawn on the map of Punjab State
on 24th day of November 1995. Before this, Moga was the sub-division
of Faridkot District. Moga town the head quarter of the District
is situated on Ferozpur-Ludhiana road. Area of Dharamkot block with
150 villages has been emerged in Moga district vide. Pb. Govt. notification
No. 2/36/98-R.E. 2(1) 6408 dated 5-11-99.
Introduction
Moga District is the 17th District drawn on the map of Punjab State
on 24th day of November 1995. Before this, Moga was the sub-division
of Faridkot District. Moga town the head quarter of the District
is situated on Ferozpur-Ludhiana road. Area of Dharamkot block with
150 villages has been emerged in Moga district vide. Pb. Govt. notification
No. 2/36/98-R.E. 2(1) 6408 dated 5-11-99.
Location & Geography
Moga District falls under the jurisdiction of Ferozpur
division. Its boundaries touch the boundaries of Jalandhar district
in north, Ludhiana district in East, Sangrur in South and Faridkot
& Ferozpur in West. It stretches between longitude 75 degree - 15,
75 degree - 25 east and latitude 30 degree - 35 and 31 degree 15
North. It spreads over an area on 2230 km which comes to 4.42 %
of the Punjab State. The average annual rainfall of district was
234.5 mm by the year 1999.
Demography
By the provisional figures of 2001 census the
Moga District ranks 11th with in Punjab with a population of about
886313, which is 3.65 percent of the total population of Punjab
State. There are 883 females per thousand male in Moga district
by census 2001, which is one less than found in 1991 census, that
was 884. Although rate of population growth is low but the density
of population has increased, which is 400 per sq. km. as compared
to 351 by 1991 census. In Moga District 63.94 percent population
is literate , where as the rate for male & female literacy is 68.40
& 58.96 respectively.
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