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Basic Facts of Punjab 

Sr.No.	Questions	:	Answers
1	Area	:	50,362 Squre Kilometer
2	Population (2011 Censes) (In Punjab)	:	2,77,04,236
3	Capital	:	Chandigarh
4	Language	:	Punjabi
5	Divisions	:	4 (Four)
6	Districts	:	22
7	Tehsils	:	77
8	Sub Tehsils	:	76+2= 78
9	Blocks	:	141
10	Total Village	:	12,428
11	Village – Inhabited	:	12,278
12	Towns	:	145
13	Cities	:	14
14	Density	:	550 (Persons per Squre Kilometer)
15	Urban Population	:	33.95% (Percent)
16	Rural Population	:	66.05% (Percent)
17	Sex Ratio	:	893 (Females per thousand males)
18	Literacy	:	76.7% (Percent)
19	Males	:	81.5%
20	Females	:	71.3%
21	Road Length	:	64,352 Kilometer
22	Rail Length	:	3,715.45 Kilometer
23	Parliamentary Seats	:	13 4 (Four) Reserved for Scheduled Castes
24	Rajya Sabha Seats	:	7
25	Legislative Assembly Constituencies	:	117 33 (Reserved for Scheduled Castes)
26	Corporations	:	9 (Nine) Amritsar, Jalandhar Ludhiana Patiala Bathinda S.A.S. Nagar, Pathankot, Moga, Phagwara

 

PUNJAB CENSUS -2011

Sr.No.	Questions	:	Answers
1	Total Populations	:	2,77,04,236
2	Males	:	1,46,34,819
3.	Females	:	1,30,69,417
4	Increase In the dacade	:	13.79%
5	Males	:	12.71%
6	Females	:	14.91%
7	Density (Per Squre Kilometer)	:	550
8	District with the highest Density	:	Ludhiana (975)
9	District with the lowest Density	:	Mansa (350)
Sex Ratio
10	Females per 1000 (Males)	:	893
Literacy Rate
11	Individual	:	76.7%
12	Males	:	81.5%
13	Females	:	71.3%
Highest Sex Ratio
14	Hoshiarpur	:	962
15	S.A.S. Nagar	:	954
Lowest Sex Ratio
16	Bathinda	:	865