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Punjab districts

Punjab

Barnala

5,95,527
people at the 2011 Census · 3.18 L male, 2.78 L female

Population

Population
5.96 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
32.02%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
67.82%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
71.57%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
63.57%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
8.00 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
876 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
843 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
10.91%India 13.59%
SC %
32.24%India 16.63%
ST %
0.00%India 8.63%
Household
5.14India 4.85

Work

Workers
35.15%India 39.80%
Female Work
11.21%India 25.52%
Main Workers
89.06%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
64.85%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Barnala in context

With 5,95,527 people at the 2011 Census, Barnala was the 527th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 20th most populous of Punjab's 20. That is 2.1% of everyone living in Punjab at the time.

Literacy stood at 67.82%, 5.2 points below the national 72.98% — 8.0 points below the Punjab average. That ranked it 430th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 8.0 points, 8.3 points below the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 876 women per 1,000 men (19 below the Punjab figure of 895). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 843, 75 below the national 918.

Barnala contained 5 towns. The largest was Barnala (M Cl), with 1,16,449 people. That put 32.0% of the district in urban areas, 5.5 points below the Punjab share of 37.5%.

Towns in Barnala

Barnala has 5 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in Barnala by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Barnala (M Cl)1.16 L78.42%862 / 1000
Tapa (M Cl)23,24869.84%846 / 1000
Dhanaula (M Cl)19,92070.48%893 / 1000
Bhadaur (M Cl)18,56164.97%887 / 1000
Handiaya (NP)12,50766.26%837 / 1000