District of Haryana in India
Sirsa district is the largest district by area inHaryana state, India.Sirsa is the district headquarters. It is located onNational Highway 9 and 250 kilometres (160 mi) from the capitalDelhi . On 1 September 1975, Sirsa became a district by taking Sirsa and Dabwali tahsils fromHisar District . There are a total of 342 villages in Sirsa district.
In 2006 theMinistry of Panchayati Raj named Sirsa as one of the country's 250most backward districts (out of a total of640 ).[ 3] [ 3]
Historical population 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:[ 4]
According to the2011 census Sirsa district has apopulation of 1,295,189,[ 5] Mauritius [ 6] New Hampshire .[ 7] 640 ).[ 5] [ 5] population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.99%,[ 5] sex ratio of 897females for every 1000 males[ 5] literacy rate of 70.9%. Scheduled Castes make up 29.91% of the population.[ 5]
Hindi is theofficial language of the district,[ 1] Punjabi and English serve as additional official languages.[ 2] [ 10] Bagri andHaryanvi .[ 10]
Notable people from Sirsa district [ edit ] ^a b "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF) . Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. p. 11. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved4 December 2016 .^a b "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved2 January 2019 .^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 fromthe original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved27 September 2011 . ^ "Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901" . Retrieved4 February 2020 .^a b c d e f "District Census 2011" . Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved2 February 2015 .^ US Directorate of Intelligence."Country Comparison:Population" . Archived fromthe original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved1 October 2011 .Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data" . U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved30 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" . Retrieved20 July 2022 .^a b c "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 . Retrieved5 March 2019 – via Internet Archive. ^ "Sirsa Tehsil" (PDF) . p. 37. Retrieved12 March 2021 .^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 13 March 2016. Retrieved18 June 2016 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 17 August 2013. Retrieved19 September 2015 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Census of India Website: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India" .censusindia.gov.in . Retrieved22 October 2021 .^ "Barinder Sran" .Cricinfo . Retrieved1 September 2017 .^ "Gurmeet Ram Rahim convicted for murder by special CBI Court" . 8 October 2021.^ "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 . Retrieved1 September 2017 .^ "Jaswinder Brar" .khabridost.in . Retrieved1 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 fromthe original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved16 June 2019 .^ "ਛੋਟੇ ਤੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਪਰਦੇ ਦੀ ਮਕਬੂਲ ਅਦਾਕਾਰਾ ਸਤਵੰਤ" . 26 August 2011. Retrieved20 December 2019 .^ "Goalie Savita Punia, who stood like a wall, loved listening to hockey commentary on radio as a child" .TribuneIndia . Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Savita Punia: From lugging kit on Haryana roadways buses to Olympic glory" .Indian Express . 2 August 2021. Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Savita Punia" .Forbes India . Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Who is Savita Punia? Five things to know about India's unflappable hockey goalkeeper" .Olympics . Retrieved5 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 historicPunjab Province region. ^ 1941 census: IncludingAd-Dharmis ^ IncludingJainism ,Buddhism ,Zoroastrianism ,Judaism , or not stated
Places adjacent to Sirsa district
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