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District of Punjab

Sangrur District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 13.67 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

13,67,000 1.37 million 1 March 2026

Sangrur district's population is estimated at ≈13.67 lakh (13,67,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Punjab projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 12,25,415 on the district’s present boundaries.

Estimate: method M1, constrained to the RGI projection for Punjab. Census: ORGI.

Which number do you mean?

District totals include villages. Here is how the 2011 population splits between towns and villages.

District

Sangrur district

Census 2011
12,25,415
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 13.67 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
3,41,900

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
8,83,515

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 13.67 lakh 13,67,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
12.25 lakh 12,25,415 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 436per km² 2011
Sex ratio
881 Punjab: 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)
826 Punjab: 846
Literacy rate
66.4% Male 71.6% · Female 60.5%
Urban share
27.9% Punjab: 37.5%
Growth 2001–11
+12.4% Punjab: +13.9%
Area
≈ 2,811km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
2.36 lakh 5.2 people per household
Villages
388 Census 2011
Towns
10 Census 2011

Where it ranks

Population over time

Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries (parts of earlier districts apportioned by their 2011 population), then our estimate to 2036.

Sangrur: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
14 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19919,21,505
200110,90,724
201112,25,415
2016 *12,82,000
2021 *13,30,000
2026 *13,67,000
2031 *13,95,000
2036 *14,14,000

* Estimate

How Sangrur's 2011 population was spread

Sub-districts (tehsils, talukas, mandals or blocks) as they were in Census 2011. “Part” means only some of it now lies in this district.

How Sangrur's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Sangrur3,62,88229.6%87770.5%37.0%
2 Sunam3,34,64127.3%87662.6%29.2%
3 Dhuri2,61,24721.3%88571.6%21.1%
4 Moonak1,34,26311.0%89961.1%24.0%
5 Lehra1,32,38210.8%88459.3%17.1%

Largest towns in Sangrur (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Sangrur (Census 2011)
  1. Sangrur 88,043
  2. Sunam Udham Singh Wala 69,069
  3. Dhuri 55,225
  4. Longowal 23,851
  5. Lehragaga 22,588
  6. Bhawanigarh 22,320
  7. Moonak 18,141
  8. Dirba 16,952
  9. Khanauri 14,096
  10. Cheema 11,615

How people in Sangrur worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

30.4%

Agricultural labourers

17.7%

Household industry

3.3%

Other work

48.6%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 34.6%.

Age structure of Sangrur

Population in five-year age groups, Census 2011. Men on the left, women on the right. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Age structure of Sangrur
MenWomen
  1. 80+
  2. 75-79
  3. 70-74
  4. 65-69
  5. 60-64
  6. 55-59
  7. 50-54
  8. 45-49
  9. 40-44
  10. 35-39
  11. 30-34
  12. 25-29
  13. 20-24
  14. 15-19
  15. 10-14
  16. 5-9
  17. 0-4
› Show the numbers as a table
AgeMenWomen
0-450,46942,888
5-956,92645,857
10-1464,57850,209
15-1970,95655,788
20-2466,60758,742
25-2955,48451,013
30-3445,72343,560
35-3942,69241,463
40-4439,98438,901
45-4936,03533,807
50-5429,33725,525
55-5920,36920,229
60-6422,88123,760
65-6917,66315,986
70-7413,34711,111
75-795,9365,685
80+9,4889,392
Children (0–14)
25.4%
Punjab 25.6%
Working age (15–59)
63.5%
Punjab 64.1%
Older people (60+)
11.1%
Punjab 10.3%
Median age
27.3years
Punjab 27.4
Dependency ratio
48.6
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Punjab 47.8

Languages spoken in Sangrur

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 32 languages recorded. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Languages spoken in Sangrur
  1. Punjabi 94.9%
  2. Hindi 4.8%
  3. Bengali 0.0%
  4. Nissi/Dafla 0.0%
  5. Urdu 0.0%
  6. Nepali 0.0%
  7. Lahnda 0.0%
  8. Marathi 0.0%
  9. All other languages 0.1%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Punjabi94.9%
  2. Hindi3.1%
  3. Haryanvi1.5%
  4. Rajasthani0.1%
  5. Bhojpuri0.0%
  6. Bengali0.0%
  7. Nissi/Dafla0.0%
  8. Urdu0.0%

Housing and amenities in Sangrur

Share of households, Houselisting Census 2011. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Basic services

  • Electricity for lighting 97.1%

    Punjab 96.6%

  • Tap water 47.5%

    Punjab 51.0%

  • Water source within premises 79.0%

    Punjab 85.9%

  • Toilet within premises 80.3%

    Punjab 79.2%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 16.4%

    Punjab 19.5%

  • Bathing area within premises 89.5%

    Punjab 88.9%

  • Closed drainage 13.7%

    Punjab 27.8%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 41.3%

    Punjab 54.5%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 54.0%

    Punjab 40.3%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 71.3%

    Punjab 75.5%

  • Television 78.3%

    Punjab 82.6%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 46.0%

    Punjab 47.5%

  • Computer or laptop 9.8%

    Punjab 12.7%

  • Car, jeep or van 11.1%

    Punjab 13.1%

  • Use banking services 63.1%

    Punjab 65.2%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 4.8%

    Punjab 4.4%

The home itself

  • Own their home 94.8%

    Punjab 88.9%

  • Rent their home 3.9%

    Punjab 8.8%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 89.6%

    Punjab 88.3%

  • House in good condition 51.8%

    Punjab 49.9%

  • Concrete roof 34.9%

    Punjab 49.1%

  • Cement or tiled floor 27.6%

    Punjab 42.9%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 19.9%

    Punjab 24.1%

Punjab

What the numbers say

  • Sangrur district held 4.4% of Punjab's population in 2011, 8th of 23 districts.
  • Literacy is 66.4%, 9.5 points below the Punjab average of 75.8%.
  • The sex ratio of 881 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 895.
  • The child sex ratio was just 826 girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6, among the more skewed in India (national: 918).
  • 27.9% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Punjab as a whole (37.5%).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈13.67 lakh, implies growth of about 12% since 2011; it is tied to the official Punjab projection.
  • Its largest town, Sangrur, had 88 thousand people in 2011, 7.2% of the district.

How this district was formed

Sangrur covers land that was part of these districts in Census 2011:

  • Sangrur (2011) 100.0% of this district
    74.0% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Punjab →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

  1. Phase I: houselisting

    Done (15 May 2026 – 13 June 2026)

  2. Phase II: counting people

    February 2027 (reference date 1 March 2027)

  3. Results

    Not yet released. In 2011, first figures came about a month after counting ended.

When the Registrar General publishes Census 2027 figures for Sangrur, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Sangrur (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Population by religion in Sangrur (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsSharePunjab
Hindu ≈ 3,24,100 26.4% 38.5%
Muslim ≈ 36,200 3.0% 1.9%
Christian ≈ 1,700 0.1% 1.3%
Sikh ≈ 8,58,700 70.1% 57.7%
Buddhist ≈ 200 0.0% 0.1%
Jain ≈ 1,400 0.1% 0.2%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 1,000 0.1% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 2,000 0.2% 0.3%
Total12,25,415100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Sangrur district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈13,67,000 (13.67 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Sangrur's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Punjab projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 12,25,415.

What was the population of Sangrur district in Census 2011?
12,25,415: 6,51,307 males and 5,74,108 females, of whom 3,41,900 lived in towns and 8,83,515 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

What is the literacy rate and sex ratio of Sangrur?
Literacy was 66.4% in 2011 (men 71.6%, women 60.5%). The sex ratio was 881 females per 1,000 males, and 826 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Sangrur district?
Sangrur, with 88,043 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Sangrur district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 388 Census 2011 villages and 10 towns.

⤓ Download Punjab district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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