Sirsa district is the largest district by area in

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

state, India. Sirsa is the district headquarters. It is located on National Highway 9 and from the capital

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. On 1 September 1975, Sirsa became a district by taking Sirsa and Dabwali tahsils from Hisar District. There are a total of 342 villages in Sirsa district.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sirsa as one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the two districts in Haryana that used to receive funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sirsa district has a

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of 1,295,189, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 378th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . As of the 2011 census, its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.99%, with a

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of 897 females for every 1000 males and a

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of 70.9%. Scheduled Castes make up 29.91% of the population.

Religion

Languages

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is the

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of the district, while Punjabi and English serve as additional official languages. Punjabi is also the most spoken language of the district. Other languages with significant speakers are Bagri and Haryanvi.

Notable people from Sirsa district

* Barinder Sran - Indian cricketer * Devi Lal - former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Former Chief Minister of Haryana * Harpal Singh - Indian Hockey player * Ganeshi Lal - Governor of Odisha * Gajendra Verma - singer, composer, lyricist * Gopal Kanda - businessman and politician, member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly * Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - head of Dera Sacha Sauda * Hari Singh Dilbar - Punjabi language poet * Jagdish Nehra - former Education and Irrigation Minister * Jaswinder Brar - Punjabi folk singer * Maninder Buttar - Punjabi Singer * Manmohan Singh - Famous Director, cinematographer, singer in Hindi & Punjabi Movies. * Om Prakash Chautala - former Chief Minister of Haryana * Rupinder Handa - Punjabi Singer * * Sardara Singh - Former Indian Hockey team Captain * Satwant Kaur - Bollywood and Punjabi actress * Savita Punia - National Hockey player * Sunil Grover - comedian and actor * Vikram Singh - music producer - composer

References

External links

Sirsa District- Sirsa district official Government website
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