Firozpur district

Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other Firozpur district, also known as Ferozepur district, is one of the twenty-three districts in the state of Punjab, India.Template:Efn Firozpur district comprises an area of Template:Cvt.

Firozpur (Ferozepur) is the capital city of the district. It is situated inside ten gates—Amritsari Gate, Wansi Gate, Makhu Gate, Zira Gate, Bagdadi Gate, Mori Gate, Delhi Gate, Magjani Gate, Multani Gate, and Kasuri Gate.

History

In 1835, the jagir of Ferozepur was annexed by the British. After the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845–1846, the rest of Ferozepur district was annexed from its former Sikh rulers..

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census the undivided Firozpur district had a population of 2,029,074. This gives it a ranking of 230th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 16.08%. Firozpur has a sex ratio of 893 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.8%. (This data is before the creation of Fazilka district.)

After bifurcation of Fazilika district, the residual district has a population of 1,001,931. Scheduled Castes made up 42.85% of the population.

Gender

The table below shows the sex ratio of Firozpur district through decades.

Sex ratio of Firozpur district

Census year	Ratio
2011	893
2001	885
1991	895
1981	884
1971	876
1961	840
1951	835
1941	810
1931	814
1921	802
1911	778
1901	826

The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Firozpur district.

Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Firozpur district

Year	Urban	Rural
2011	838	845
2001	813	825

Religion

Religion in New Firozpur district (2011)Template:Efn
Religion			Percent
Sikhism			68.59%
Hinduism			28.83%
Christianity			1.83%
Other or not stated			0.75%

Religion in Undivided Firozpur District

Religious group	2011
	Pop.	%
Sikhism File:Khanda.svg	1,090,815
Hinduism File:Om.svg	906,408
Christianity File:Christian cross.svg	19,358
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg	6,844
Jainism File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg	1,143
Buddhism File:Dharma Wheel (2).svg	454
Others	4,052
Total Population	2,029,074

Religious groups in Firozpur District (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1881		1891		1901		1911		1921		1931		1941
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg	310,552		404,977		447,615		418,553		482,540		515,430		641,448
Sikhism File:Khanda.svg	168,816		226,361		228,355		262,511		302,761		388,108		479,486
Hinduism File:Om.svgTemplate:Efn	168,645		252,200		279,099		273,832		306,350		244,688		287,733
Christianity File:Christian cross.svg	1,686		1,738		1,908		3,342		5,365		7,070		12,607
Jainism File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg	811		1,381		1,090		1,401		1,211		1,411		1,674
Zoroastrianism File:Faravahar.svg	9		17		4		18		15		24		28
Buddhism File:Dharma Wheel (2).svg	0		0		0		0		6		1		1
Judaism File:Star of David.svg	—	—	0		0		0		0		0		13
Others	0		2		1		0		0		0		86
Total population	650,519		886,676		958,072		959,657		1,098,248		1,156,732		1,423,076
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Religion in the Tehsils of Firozpur District (1921)

Tehsil	Hinduism File:Om.svg		Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg		Sikhism File:Khanda.svg		Christianity File:Christian cross.svg		Jainism File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg		OthersTemplate:Efn		Total
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Firozpur Tehsil	56,486		115,506		46,535		2,655		534		21		221,737
Zira Tehsil	27,037		105,123		33,296		628		289		0		166,373
Moga Tehsil	41,074		50,188		117,503		767		26		0		209,558
Muktsar Tehsil	54,266		88,029		66,408		603		339		0		209,645
Fazilka Tehsil	127,487		123,694		39,019		712		23		0		290,935
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Religion in the Tehsils of Firozpur District (1941)

Tehsil	Hinduism File:Om.svgTemplate:Efn		Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg		Sikhism File:Khanda.svg		Christianity File:Christian cross.svg		Jainism File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg		OthersTemplate:Efn		Total
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Firozpur Tehsil	53,520		160,371		70,782		3,847		745		1,021		290,286
Zira Tehsil	18,863		137,586		50,209		3,801		349		11		210,819
Moga Tehsil	30,531		66,855		181,454		823		32		68		279,763
Muktsar Tehsil	46,169		115,350		106,270		948		313		529		269,579
Fazilka Tehsil	138,650		161,286		70,771		1,612		235		75		372,629
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.

Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 93.01% of the population spoke Punjabi and 5.67% Rajasthani as their first language.

Health

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Firozpur district by year.

Road accidents and people affected in Firozpur district by year

Year	Accidents	Killed	Injured	Vehicles Involved
2022	155	134	55	155
2021	179	152	68	124
2020	150	119	64	123
2019	163	136	36	126

Politics

No.	Constituency	Name of MLA	Party		Bench
75	Zira	Naresh Kataria	Template:Full party name with color	Government
76	Firozpur City	Ranveer Singh Bhullar	Template:Full party name with color	Government
77	Firozpur Rural (SC)	Rajnish Dahiya	Template:Full party name with color	Government
78	Guru Har Sahai	Fauja Singh Srari	Template:Full party name with color	Government

Administration

The district is administratively into the following tehsils:

• Firozpur
• Zira
• Guru Har Sahai

List of Sub-Tehsils of Firozpur

• Makhu
• Talwandi Bhai
• Mamdot
• Mudki

Blocks of district Firozpur

• Firozpur
• Ghall Khurd
• Guru Har Sahai
• Makhu
• Mamdot
• Zira

Vidhan Sabha Seats in Firozpur

• Firozpur
• Firozpur Rural
• Guru Har Sahai
• Zira

Land and genealogical records

Shajjra Nasb (also known as Kursee NamaTemplate:Efn) records of some villages of Firozpur district from 1887–1958 have been digitized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints via FamilySearch and are available for online viewing. These records detail land ownership pedigrees for families of the village. The genealogical importance of such records for the purpose of family history research was raised by Gurcharan Singh Gill of Moga. Gill discovered in 1986 that tax-records in the district were attached to a genealogical pedigree going back four generations. These records have been described as being one of the few surviving records of Punjabi genealogy, as census records in India were rarely preserved. The more recent records were written in Punjabi using Gurmukhi script and the older records were written in Urdu in Nastaliq script. The names of more than 250,000 individuals have been extracted from the records by Gill.

Notable people

• Mohinder Singh Randhawa, a historian, civil servant, botanist, and author
• Harvinder Sahota, an Indian American cardiologist, researcher and inventor, known for the invention of Perfusion Balloon Angioplasty known as "Sahota Perfusion Balloon"
• Kamaljeet Sandhu, an athlete, first Indian woman to win an individual gold medal in Asian Games and receiver of Padma Shri award.
• Man Mohan Sondhi, researcher in speech processing and signal processing who worked at Bell Laboratories, famous for his research on echo cancellation.
• Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa, first Hazoori Ragi to awarded the Padma Shri, highly regarded ragi with knowledge of all 31 Raags of Guru Granth Sahib.
• Sada Kaur, Rani of Sarkar-e-Khalsa.
• Gerry Whent, founder and first chief executive of Vodafone.
• Mahabali Shera, Indian professional wrestler.
• Bano Qudsia, a Pakistani novelist, playwright and spiritualist
• Verma Malik, an active freedom fighter during the British Raj, a lyricist in bollywood and punjabi movies, poet.
• Frederick Currie (cricketer), an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

See also

• Ferozepore (jagir)
• Bathinda district
• Moga district
• Faridkot district

External links

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