Sirsa district is the largest district by area in Haryana state, India. Sirsa is the district headquarters. It is located on National Highway 9 and 250 kilometres (160 mi) from the capital Delhi. On 1 September 1975, Sirsa became a district by taking Sirsa and Dabwali tahsils from Hisar District. There are a total of 342 villages in Sirsa district.
Sirsa district | |
|---|---|
 Fields in Sirsa district | |
 Location in Haryana | |
| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| Headquarters | Sirsa |
| Tehsils | 1. Sirsa, kalanwali 2. Dabwali, 3. Rania, 4. Ellenabad,goriwala, nauthsari copta |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,277 km2 (1,651 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,295,189 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 60.55% |
| • Sex ratio | 897 (2011 census estimates) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, English |
| • Regional | Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | HR24 HR57 |
| Major highways | NH 9 |
| Lok Sabha constituencies | Sirsa (shared with Fatehabad district) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 5 |
| Website | http://sirsa.nic.in/ |
Economy
editIn 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sirsa as one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the two districts in Haryana that used to receive funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1]
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 165,167 | — |
| 1911 | 170,733 | +0.33% |
| 1921 | 173,476 | +0.16% |
| 1931 | 190,772 | +0.95% |
| 1941 | 213,522 | +1.13% |
| 1951 | 221,282 | +0.36% |
| 1961 | 370,665 | +5.29% |
| 1971 | 533,604 | +3.71% |
| 1981 | 707,068 | +2.85% |
| 1991 | 903,536 | +2.48% |
| 2001 | 1,116,649 | +2.14% |
| 2011 | 1,295,189 | +1.49% |
| source:[2] | ||
According to the 2011 census Sirsa district has a population of 1,295,189,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius[4] or the US state of New Hampshire.[5] This gives it a ranking of 378th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 303 inhabitants per square kilometre (780/sq mi).[3] As of the 2011 census, its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.99%,[3] with a sex ratio of 897 females for every 1000 males[3] and a literacy rate of 70.9%. Scheduled Castes make up 29.91% of the population.[3]
Religion
edit| Religion | Population (1941)[7]: 58 | Percentage (1941) |
|---|---|---|
Hinduism  [b]
|
98,161 | 45.78% |
Islam 
|
78,048 | 36.4% |
Sikhism 
|
36,657 | 17.1% |
Christianity 
|
420 | 0.2% |
| Others [c] | 1,118 | 0.52% |
| Total Population | 214,404 | 100% |
Languages
editHindi is the official language of the district with its Bagri and Haryanvi languages which are spoken by majority of the population. Punjabi is the additional official language.
| Rank | Language | 1881[9] | 1961[10] | 1991[11] | 2001[12] | 2011 [13] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjabi | 27.00% | 29.40% | 35.54% | 33.42% | 41.47% |
| 2 | Hindi | — | 70.50% | 65.34% | 65.94% | 58.03% |
| 3 | Urdu | — | — | 0.02% | 0.07% | 0.47% |
| — | Hindustani | 43.00% | — | — | — | — |
| — | Other | — | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.57% | 1.36% |
Notable people from Sirsa district
edit- Barinder Sran[14] - Indian cricketer
- Devi Lal - former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Harpal Singh - Indian Hockey player
- Ganeshi Lal - Governor of Odisha
- Gajendra Verma - singer, composer, lyricist
- Gopal Kanda - businessman and politician, member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
- Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh[15][16] - head of Dera Sacha Sauda
- Hari Singh Dilbar - Punjabi language poet[17]
- Jagdish Nehra - former Education and Irrigation Minister
- Jaswinder Brar[18] - Punjabi folk singer
- Maninder Buttar - Punjabi Singer
- Manmohan Singh - Famous Director, cinematographer, singer in Hindi & Punjabi Movies.
- Om Prakash Chautala - former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Rupinder Handa - Punjabi Singer
- Sardara Singh - Former Indian Hockey team Captain[19]
- Satwant Kaur[20] - Bollywood and Punjabi actress
- Savita Punia[21][22][23][24] - National Hockey player
- Sunil Grover - comedian and actor
- Vikram Singh - music producer - composer
References
edit- ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est.
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
New Hampshire 1,316,470
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Haryana". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Haryana". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India..
- ^ Wilson, Sir James (5 March 1884). Final Report on the Revision of Settlement of the Sirsá District in the Punjáb. Calcutta Central Press Company. Retrieved 5 March 2019 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Sirsa Tehsil" (PDF). p. 37. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Census of India Website: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Barinder Sran". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Gurmeet Ram Rahim convicted for murder by special CBI Court".
- ^ "Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh convicted: Z-category security to be withdrawn following Dera chief's arrest; Top developments". 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Punjabi poet Dilbar passes away". Uniindia.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Jaswinder Brar". khabridost.in. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "News18 Hindi News: पढ़ें हिंदी न्यूज़, Latest and Breaking News in Hindi, हिन्दी समाचार, न्यूज़ इन हिंदी - News18 इंडिया". News18 India (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "ਛੋਟੇ ਤੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਪਰਦੇ ਦੀ ਮਕਬੂਲ ਅਦਾਕਾਰਾ ਸਤਵੰਤ". 26 August 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Goalie Savita Punia, who stood like a wall, loved listening to hockey commentary on radio as a child". TribuneIndia. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Savita Punia: From lugging kit on Haryana roadways buses to Olympic glory". Indian Express. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Savita Punia". Forbes India. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Who is Savita Punia? Five things to know about India's unflappable hockey goalkeeper". Olympics. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ 1941 figures are for Sirsa Tehsil, which roughly matches present-day district borders. District was incorporated to take into account population increases during the post-independence era, which has resulted in various bifurcations of districts and tehsils across the historic Punjab Province region.
- ^ 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis
- ^ Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, or not stated