Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district Nawanshahr district | |
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 Guru Teg Bahadur Gate inBanga | |
.svg) Location in Punjab | |
| Coordinates:31°7′31″N76°6′59″E / 31.12528°N 76.11639°E /31.12528; 76.11639 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Punjab |
| Region of Punjab | Doaba |
| Named after | Bhagat Singh |
| Headquarters | Nawanshahr |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,266 km2 (489 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[‡] | |
• Total | 612,310 |
| • Density | 483.7/km2 (1,253/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 01823 for Nawanshahr and Banga 01885 for Balachaur |
| Literacy | 80.3% |
| Website | nawanshahr |
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district is one of twenty-three districts of state ofPunjab,India. It is located inDoaba region. It consists of threesubdivisions,Nawanshahr,Banga, andBalachaur.There are three legislative seats in the district, Nawanshahr, Balachaur and Banga. They fall under theAnandpur SahibLok Sabha Constituency.Nawanshahr, the district headquarters is about 92 kilometres (57 mi) fromChandigarh, the state's capital.[1]
As of 2011, it is the third least populous district of Punjab (out of22), afterBarnala andFatehgarh Sahib.[2]
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district was formed from theHoshiarpur andJalandhar districts of Punjab on 7 November 1995, as the sixteenth district ofPunjab State named from the headquarters town ofNawanshahr. Nawanshahr was founded by the migrants fromRahon near theSutlej River asRahon was in danger of being flooded. They named it Nawanshahar (meaning "New City").
Dewan Banna Mal Misr (Gautam) was born inGautam Brahmin (Shori Gotra) family of Nawanshahr. He was son of Vaid Jhanda Mal of Nawanshahr, Dewan Banna Mal was manager with full sovereign powers of His Highness Maharaja Sir Randhir Singh Bahadur ofKapurthala's Estates inOudh and served as Chief Minister OfKapurthala State. Dewan Banna Mal built the temple Shivala Banna Mal near the Municipal Committee office,Nawanshahr. It was built in the year 1862 and tall and huge structureHaveli Banna Mal DiHaveli in Vaidan Mohalla in Nawanshahr. Dewan Banna Mal's sons Dewan Acchru Mal Gautam (Revenue Minister) and Dewan Sundri Mal Gautam (Revenue Minister) ofKapurthala State built Brahmkund Mandir behind Shalimar Bagh inKapurthala. Dewan Banna Mal owned 3000 acres of land in the Mand area ofKapurthala on the bank of RiverBeasBana Malwala after Dewan Banna Mal Gautam's name andBrahampur, Phagwara villages inTehsilPhagwara. Descendants of Banna Mal Today lives in Kapurthala, Phagwara, New Delhi and Dehradun, Pandit Daljit Parshad Gautam Advocate ofKapurthala Renowned Civil Lawyer of Punjab practices in Kapurthala till his death in the Year 2010, Dewan Ambika Parshad ( Accountant General of Kapurthala State) his daughterSavitri Shori Mahajan a historian was married to The Great Historian of India and A LawyerVidya Dhar Mahajan, their daughtersMridula Mukherjee AndSucheta Mahajan are Historian and Working as a professor of Indian history in JNU New Delhi.
Later, the city was developed and constructed by Lala Paramanand Bhuchar (Sareen) who was the first major-scale thekedar of city. Lala Paramanand was given the first mould of large-brick design byQueen Elizabeth in the presence of theMaharaja Patiala in his courtroom as a token of gratitude to establish brick factories (Batha) in the city. Lala Paramanand build first planned Mandi (now known as old Dana Mandi) in around 1920 which even has his name "PN" on bricks and name on Foundation Stone at old Dana Mandi Gate. He resided in Lalliyan Mohalla (Lalleyan da Mohalla) situated in center of city. The mohalla have his Haveli there along with a common haveli which was residence of 100 families, a historical landmark in that mohalla made withNanakshahi bricks.
Nawanshahr became a district in 1995 during the S. Harcharan Brar government, with strong efforts of the late S. Dilbag Singh, former Cabinet Minister and the then MLA of Nawanshahr. People of this district are economically sound. Many of the district's families have settled abroad. Consequently, much remittance is sent back to India, contributing to the district's economic development and prosperity. The prosperity ofDoaba area can be appreciated by the fact that the price of land here is high, and far more than most of the districts in the state exceptLudhiana andChandigarh. Nawanshahr is rising due to the remittances fromoverseas Punjabis. Nawanshahr is connected toJalandhar,Rahon and Jaijon by railway.
On 27 September 2008 atKhatkar Kalan, 8 km from Nawanshahr, the Punjab government announced that a district in the state would be named after the freedom fighterBhagat Singh. The announcement was made by Punjab Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal to mark the 101st anniversary of Bhagat Singh's birth. As a result, Nawanshahr district was renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.[3]
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district is located at31°48′N76°42′E / 31.8°N 76.7°E /31.8; 76.7.[4] The total area is 1,258 square kilometres (km2).[5]
This region has abundant health facilities. There are numerous private clinics and nursing homes. Some of them claim to have the latest medical equipment. There is an adequate number of Government Hospitals, Dispensaries and Primary Health Centers in this area. The hospitals in Nawanshahr have capacity of 64 beds and are equipped with latest medical tools. Banga and Balachaur hospitals have capacities of 30 beds each. Also Mukandpur,Urapar,Sujjon, Saroya and Muzzaffarpur proved a variety of health services. Health services are available for every village in the district. Veterinary hospitals can be found in Nawanshahr, Rahon, Saroya, and Balachaur.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 269,801 | — |
| 1911 | 239,880 | −1.17% |
| 1921 | 244,966 | +0.21% |
| 1931 | 278,703 | +1.30% |
| 1941 | 328,209 | +1.65% |
| 1951 | 306,122 | −0.69% |
| 1961 | 332,944 | +0.84% |
| 1971 | 382,523 | +1.40% |
| 1981 | 456,434 | +1.78% |
| 1991 | 531,253 | +1.53% |
| 2001 | 587,468 | +1.01% |
| 2011 | 612,310 | +0.42% |
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According to the2011 census, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district has apopulation of 612,310,[2] roughly equal to the nation ofSolomon Islands[7] or the US state ofVermont.[8] This gives it a ranking of 522nd in India (out of a total of640).[2] The district has a population density of 479 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,240/sq mi).[2] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 4.58%.[2] Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar has asex ratio of 954females for every 1000 males,[2] and aliteracy rate of 80.3%. Scheduled Castes made up 42.51% of the population[2] and the largest caste in the district isRavidassia with a population of 214,293 which makes 34.88% of the whole district population.[9]
The table below shows the sex ratio of SBS Nagar district through decades.
| Census year | Ratio |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 954 |
| 2001 | 914 |
| 1991 | 900 |
| 1981 | 898 |
| 1971 | 887 |
| 1961 | 900 |
| 1951 | 876 |
| 1941 | 865 |
| 1931 | 848 |
| 1921 | 821 |
| 1911 | 796 |
| 1901 | 856 |
The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of SBS Nagar district.
| Year | Urban | Rural |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 889 | 884 |
| 2001 | 804 | 809 |
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 65.55% | |||
| Sikhism | 31.50% | |||
| Islam | 1.12% | |||
| Buddhism | 0.96% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.87% | |||
The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of SBS Nagar district.
| Religion | Urban (2011) | Rural (2011) | Urban (2001) | Rural (2001) |
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| Hindu | 96,747 | 3,04,621 | 60,467 | 2,96,243 |
| Sikh | 24,312 | 1,68,573 | 18,585 | 2,01,271 |
| Muslim | 1,961 | 4,868 | 645 | 3,412 |
| Christian | 337 | 1,142 | 99 | 520 |
| Other religions | 2,059 | 7,690 | 1,270 | 4,956 |
In 2022, 94.63% of the population spokePunjabi and 4.37%Hindi as their first language.[14]
The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in SBS Nagar, as of year 2020.
| Indicators | Number of children (<5 years) | Percent (2020) | Percent (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stunted | 7,756 | 18% | 23% |
| Wasted | 5,175 | 12% | 16% |
| Severely wasted | 2,564 | 6% | 5% |
| Underweight | 4,850 | 11% | 25% |
| Overweight/obesity | 2,837 | 7% | 3% |
| Anemia | 24,843 | 64% | 76% |
| Total children | 43,306 |
The table below shows the district nutrition profile of SBS Nagar of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2020.
| Indicators | Number of women (15–49 years) | Percent (2020) | Percent (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2) | 19,438 | 10% | 13% |
| Overweight/obesity | 83,294 | 42% | 36% |
| Hypertension | 65,252 | 33% | 15% |
| Diabetes | 30,124 | 15% | NA |
| Anemia (non-preg) | 99,522 | 50% | 65% |
| Anemia (preg) | NA | NA | 58% |
| Total women (preg) | 9,216 | ||
| Total women | 199,363 |
The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in SBS Nagar district by year.
| Year | Accidents | Killed | Injured | Vehicles Involved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 105 | 70 | 76 | 164 |
| 2021 | 188 | 163 | 59 | 147 |
| 2020 | 129 | 111 | 59 | 85 |
| 2019 | 153 | 128 | 66 | 87 |
| No. | Constituency | Name of MLA | Party | Bench | |
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| 46 | Banga (SC) | Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi | Shiromani Akali Dal | Opposition | |
| 47 | Nawan Shahr | Nachhatar Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | Opposition | |
| 48 | Balachaur | Santosh Katariaa | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
Karnana
Pharala
Solomon Islands 571,890, July 2011 est.
Vermont 625,741
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