Rajasansi | |
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 Amritsar International Airport in Rajasansi, Amritsar (Punjab) | |
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| Coordinates:31°43′28″N74°47′10″E / 31.7245°N 74.786°E /31.7245; 74.786 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Amritsar |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 12,131 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Rajasansi is atown, nearAmritsar city and anagar panchayat inAmritsar district in theIndianstate ofPunjab.Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (Amritsar International Airport) is located in Rajasansi village onAjnala-Rajasansi Road.Raja Sansi Assembly Constituency is also an assembly segment in thePunjab Legislative Assembly, which is currently represented bySukhbinder Singh Sarkaria.
| Religion in Rajasansi[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Sikhism | 71.16% | |||
| Hinduism | 20.04% | |||
| Christianity | 7.99% | |||
| Islam | 0.61% | |||
| Others | 0.19% | |||
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[2] Rajasansi had a population of 12,131. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. In Rajasansi, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Raja Sansi city and theirgender ratio, as of 2011 census.
| Religion | Total | Female | Male | Gender ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sikh | 10,175 | 4,754 | 5,421 | 876 |
| Hindu | 2,866 | 1,305 | 1,561 | 836 |
| Christian | 1,143 | 589 | 554 | 1063 |
| Muslim | 87 | 35 | 52 | 673 |
| Buddhist | 4 | 1 | 3 | 333 |
| Jain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1000 |
| Not stated | 19 | 9 | 10 | 900 |
| Total | 14,298 | 6,695 | 7,603 | 880 |
Rajasansi has asemiarid climate, typical of Northwestern India and experiences four seasons primarily: winter season (December to March, when temperatures can drop to −1 °C (30 °F), summer season (April to June) where temperatures can reach 45 °C (113 °F), monsoon season (July to September) and post-monsoon season (October to November). Annual rainfall is about 703.4 millimetres (27.7 in).[4] The lowest recorded temperature is −3.6 °C (25.5 °F), was recorded on 9 December 1996 and the highest temperature, 47.8 °C (118.0 °F), was recorded on 9 June 1995.[5] The official weather station for the village is theCivil Aerodrome. Weather records here date back to 15 November 1947.
| Climate data forRajasansi(1981-2010 normals, extremes 1947-present; humidity and sunshine 1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 36.2 (97.2) | 44.1 (111.4) | 47.7 (117.9) | 47.8 (118.0) | 45.6 (114.1) | 40.7 (105.3) | 40.6 (105.1) | 38.3 (100.9) | 34.2 (93.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 47.8 (118.0) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 26.1 (79.0) | 32 (90) | 40.5 (104.9) | 44 (111) | 44.1 (111.4) | 39.8 (103.6) | 37.1 (98.8) | 36.8 (98.2) | 35.5 (95.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 45.2 (113.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 34.2 (93.6) | 39 (102) | 39 (102) | 35 (95) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.1 (93.4) | 32 (90) | 27.1 (80.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 30.2 (86.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.9 (51.6) | 16.1 (61.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 15.4 (59.7) | 8.7 (47.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | 15.2 (59.4) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.8 (60.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 10.7 (51.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | 0.1 (32.2) | −1.2 (29.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) | −2.6 (27.3) | 2 (36) | 6.4 (43.5) | 9.6 (49.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.2 (64.8) | 18.8 (65.8) | 13 (55) | 7.3 (45.1) | −0.6 (30.9) | −3.6 (25.5) | −3.6 (25.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 26.2 (1.03) | 38.6 (1.52) | 38.4 (1.51) | 21.4 (0.84) | 26.7 (1.05) | 61.2 (2.41) | 210.1 (8.27) | 167.3 (6.59) | 77.5 (3.05) | 16.1 (0.63) | 6.3 (0.25) | 13.6 (0.54) | 703.4 (27.69) |
| Average rainy days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 38.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 74 | 70 | 64 | 47 | 38 | 48 | 72 | 77 | 69 | 67 | 73 | 76 | 65 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 181.7 | 192.7 | 219.4 | 265.0 | 294.7 | 269.0 | 215.5 | 227.7 | 240.8 | 253.2 | 220.1 | 182.2 | 2,762 |
| Source:[6][7] | |||||||||||||
The city is part of theRaja Sansi Assembly Constituency.
