Sangrur District

Sangrur is one of the 22 districts of Punjab. The head quarter of this district is the city of same name, that is Sangrur city. According to population, this is the 5th largest districts of the state. The district comes under the Patiala division and located in Malwa region of Punjab.


History of Sangrur

It is believed that Sangrur was founded by a Jat named Sangu about 350 years ago. Upto 1774, it was just like a village. At the time of Independence of India in 1947, it was the capital of Jind state. It was made a district on 21 Sept. 1948 when Pepsu state was formed.

Geographical position of Sangrur

This district has its boundaries common with district Ludhiana, Patiala, Barnala, Mansa, Fatehgarh Sahib and Jind (Haryana). Ludhiana is on its north, Jind on South, Patiala on East, Barnala on West and Mansa on South West.
The district headquarter of Sangrur is the city of the same name. Sangrur is 78 kms from Ludhiana, 35 kms from Barnala and 54 kms from Patiala. The city is at a distance of 117 K.M. from the state capital Chandigarh.

Area and Population of Sangrur District

The total geographical area of Sangrur district is 3610 square kilometers and it is the second largest district of Punjab area wise.
According to 2011 census, the total population of Sangrur district is 16,55,169 and it was 14,73,242 in 2001. In terms of population, Sangrur is ranked at 5th position out of the 22 districts of Punjab.
The district has a literacy rate of 68%, which is lower than the state average of 75.8%. The projected mid year total (as on 1st October) population of Sangrur in 2018 is 18,05,576.

Towns and Cities In Sangrur

There are total 13 cities and towns in this district. A list of towns and cities is given below:
  1. Malerkotla (Municipal Council Class-1)
  2. Sangrur (Municipal Council Class-1)
  3. Sunam (Municipal Council Class-1)
  4. Ahmedgarh (Municipal Council Class-2)
  5. Dhuri (Municipal Council Class-2)
  6. Lehragaga (Municipal Council Class-2)
  7. Bhawanigarh (Municipal Council Class-3)
  8. Longowal (Municipal Council Class-3)
  9. Amargarh (Nagar Panchayat)
  10. Cheema (Nagar Panchayat)
  11. Dirba (Nagar Panchayat)
  12. Khanauri (Nagar Panchayat)
  13. Moonak (Nagar Panchayat)
Which district has minimum and maximum number of cities and towns? To get the answer, check our page about list of cities in Punjab.

Tehsils and Sub-Tehsils

There are nine tehsils in Sangrur district and five sub-tehsils. Ahmedgarh and Bhawanigarh are the newly created tehsils, which were formed in 2016. List of tehsils of Sangrur is given below:
  1. Ahmedgarh ਅਹਿਮਦਗੜ੍ਹ
  2. Bhawanigarh ਭਵਾਨੀਗੜ੍ਹ
  3. Dhuri ਧੂਰੀ
  4. Dirba ਦਿੜਬਾ
  5. Lehra ਲਹਿਰਾ
  6. Malerkotla ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ
  7. Moonak ਮੂਨਕ
  8. Sangrur ਸੰਗਰੂਰ
  9. Sunam ਸੁਨਾਮ
List of Sub-Tehsils of Sangrur:
  1. Amargarh ਅਮਰਗੜ੍ਹ
  2. Cheema ਚੀਮਾ
  3. Khanauri ਖਨੌਰੀ
  4. Longowal ਲੋਂਗੋਵਾਲ
  5. Sherpur ਸ਼ੇਰਪੁਰ

Blocks of Distrcit Sangrur

The district is divided into 10 development blocks. The list of blocks is given below:
  1. Andana ਅਨਦਾਨਾ
  2. Bhawanigarh ਭਵਾਨੀਗੜ੍ਹ
  3. Dhuri ਧੂਰੀ
  4. Dirba ਦਿੜਬਾ
  5. Lehragaga ਲਹਿਰਾਗਾਗਾ
  6. Malerkotla-1 ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ-1
  7. Malerkotla-2 ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ-2
  8. Sangrur ਸੰਗਰੂਰ
  9. Sherpur ਸ਼ੇਰਪੁਰ
  10. Sunam ਸੁਨਾਮ

MLA from Sangrur

There are total seven vidhan sabha seats in Sangrur. The Amargarh vidhan sabha seat comes under the Fatehgarh Sahib lok sabha seat and all other seats come under the Sangrur lok sabha seat.
In last assembly elections held in Feb-March 2017, out of total 7 assembly seats in Sangrur, Congress won 4 seats, AAP candidates won from 2 seats and 1 seat was won by Shiromani Akali Dal. The list of MLAs from Sangrur elected in 2017 elections is given below:
  1. Surjit Singh Dhiman is the current MLA from Amargarh vidhan sabha seat, who is associated with Congress. He won the last assembly elections held in Feb 2017 with a margin of 11879 votes and Iqbal Singh Jhundan of SAD was at the second place.
  2. Dalvir Singh Goldy is the current MLA from Dhuri vidhan sabha seat, who is associated with Congress. He won the last assembly elections held in Feb 2017 with a margin of 2811 votes and Jasvir Singh Sekhon (Jassi) of AAP was at the second place.
  3. Harpal Singh Cheema is the current MLA from Dirba vidhan sabha seat, who is associated with AAP. He won the last assembly elections held in Feb 2017 with a margin of 1645 votes and Ajaib Singh Ratol of Congress was at the second place.
  4. Parminder Singh Dhindsa is the current MLA from Lehra vidhan sabha seat, who is associated with SAD. She won the last assembly elections held in Feb 2017 with a margin of 26815 votes and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal of Congress was at the second place.
  5. Razia Sultana is the current MLA from Malerkotla vidhan sabha seat, who is associated with Congress. She won the last assembly elections held in Feb 2017 with a margin of 12702 votes and Mohammad Owais of SAD was at the second place. She is a cabinet minister in the current Punjab govt and heads these departments - Higher Education, Water Supply & Sanitation (Public Health).
  6. Vijay Inder Singla is the current MLA from Sangrur vidhan sabha seat, who is associated with Congress. He won the last assembly elections held in Feb 2017 with a margin of 30812 votes and Dinesh Bansal of AAP was at the second place. He is a cabinet minister in the current Punjab govt and heads these departments - Public Works (P.W.D), Information Technology.
  7. Aman Arora is the current MLA from Sunam vidhan sabha seat, who is associated with AAP. He won the last assembly elections held in Feb 2017 with a margin of 30307 votes and Gobind Singh Longowal of SAD was at the second place.
For more details, check this page - Sangrur MLA List

Market Committees in Sangrur

There are total fifteen market committees in Sangrur district. A list of these market committee is given below:
  1. Ahmedgarh
  2. Amargarh
  3. Bhawanigarh
  4. Cheema
  5. Dhuri
  6. Dirba
  7. Khanauri
  8. Lehragaga
  9. Malerkotla
  10. Moonak
  11. Sandaur
  12. Sangrur
  13. Sherpur
  14. Sular Gharat
  15. Sunam
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