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{{Short description|District of Punjab in India}}
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'''Mansa district''' is a ] in the state of ]. The district headquarters is ] city. Mansa district was formed on 13 April 1992 from the erst while district of Bathinda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mansa.nic.in/html/about.html|title=About {{!}} Mansa|website=www.mansa.nic.in|access-date=2016-07-06|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013204823/http://mansa.nic.in/html/about.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The district has three tehsils: Mansa, ] and ]; and five development blocks: Mansa, Budhlada, Sardulgarh, ] and ].<ref name="ti">{{cite news | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120110/punjab.htm | title=Gurpreet gets Mansa seat | work=News in English | date=10 January 2012 | agency=] | access-date=17 July 2012 | location=]}}</ref>
'''Mansa District''' is situated in ]. The main town is ]. It was formed on 13th April 1992 from the erst while ].


==Geography==
The district has an area of 2174 km² and a population of 688,630 (2001 census), with a population density of 317 persons per km². The district is roughly triangular in shape, and is bounded on the northwest by Bathinda District, on the northeast by ], and on the south by ] state. The district is divided into three ]s, ], Mansa, and ]. The ] flows through Sardulgarh tehsil in the southwestern corner of the district. It is situated on the rail line between ]-]-] section and also situated on ]-]-] Road.


The district is roughly triangular in shape and is bounded on the northwest by Bathinda district, on the northeast by ], and on the south by ] state. It is situated on the ]-]-] railway and the ]-]-] road. The district is divided into three ]s, ], ], and ]. The ] flows through the Sardulgarh Tehsil in the southwestern corner of the district.
The population is ]-speaking and is wedded to the culture of the ] belt of ].


==History==
== Agriculture and Industry ==
{{unreferenced section|date=March 2012}}.
Sardar Manshah of royal blood of Sakastan laid the foundation stone of Mansa city in the third century.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/User:Holambi | title=User:Holambi - Wikimedia Commons }}</ref>


Mansa District was formerly a part of the ] (1722–1948) then part of ] Sikh Kingdom (1762–1857).
Mansa is situated in the ] belt of Punjab and therefore fondly called the "Area of white gold". Indeed agriculture forms the backbone of the district economy. During the months of November and December a visitor to this part of Punjab shall be the proud witness to the pristine, milky white bloom of cotton, as nature blossoms in her full glory. The view is indeed breath taking. While traversing the countryside, one gets a feeling of sailing through clouds.
The present district was formed on 13 April 1992 from the erstwhile ]. The town is said to have been founded by Bhai Gurdas who hailed from Dhingar, Mansa district. He is said to have been married at this place among the Dhaliwal Jat Sikh. Once he came to his in-laws to take his wife along with him but they refused to send her. At this, Bhai Gurdas sat in ] before the house of his in-laws. After some time, the parents of the girl agreed to send their daughter with ]. But he refused to take her along with him, stating that he had now renounced the worldly way of life. In his memory, his Smadh was constructed where a fair is held every year in March–April. People in large numbers attend the fair and offer ]s and Gur (]) at Smadh. Class ‘A’ municipality has been functioning in the town since 1952. The town has two ], viz. Govt. Nehru Memorial Post Graduate College and S.D. Kanya Mahavidyalaya College, 3 ], 90 ], 1 ], 1 ], and one District ] and has one civil hospital, 3 ], 1 ], and 4 ] dispensaries. There are two ] i.e. PS City and PS Sadar and also a ].
Industrially, the district is very deficient, yet some ] and ] is being carried out in urban areas.


=== Ancient period ===
<!-- Unsourced image removed: ] -->
The ancient history of the Mansa district has been traced to the ] civilization. The ] finds at different villages of Mansa district are almost similar to those of ] and ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lal |first1=B.B|last2=Gupta|first2=S.P.|title=Frontier of Indus Valley Civilization|year=1984|orig-year=1981-82|location=Delhi
== History of town Mansa ==
}}</ref><ref name="ancient">{{cite web|url=http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/Ga/MANSA%20II.htm|title=Ancient history of Mansa district|work=B.B. Lal and S.P. Gupta|publisher=www.punjabrevenue.nic.in|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718131515/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/Ga/MANSA%20II.htm|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is divided into three parts ''Pre-Harappa'', ''Harappa'' and ''Late Harappa''.


==Demographics==
The town is said to have been founded by Bhai Gurdas who hailed from Dhingar, Distt. Mansa. He is said to have been married at this place among the Dhaliwal ] ]. Once he came to his in-laws to take his wife alongwith him but they refused to send her. At this, Bhai Gurdas sat in meditation before the house of his in-laws. After some time, the parents of the girl agreed to send their daughter with Bhai Gurdas. But he refused to take her alongwith him, stating that he had now renounced the worldly way of life. In his memory, his Smadh was constructed where a fair is held every year in March-April. People in large numbers attend the fair and offer ]s and Gur at Smadh. Class ‘A’ ] has been functioning in the town since ].
{{historical populations|21=1951|22=241932|23=1961|24=319389|25=1971|26=402099|27=1981|28=486842|29=1991|30=574662|31=2001|32=688758|33=2011|34=2423655|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>|align=left}}
According to the ] Mansa district has a population of 2,423,655.<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Mansa |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1004/download/3030/DH_2011_0313_PART_A_DCHB_MANSA.pdf |website=] |publisher=]}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 489th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert|352|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}, which was second lowest in Punjab. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.62%. Mansa has a ] of 880 females for every 1000 males and a ] of 90%.<ref name=districtcensus/>


===Gender===
==Major Cities/Towns==
The table below shows the sex ratio of Mansa district through decades.


{|class="wikitable sortable"
'''Budhlada'''
|+Sex ratio of Mansa district<ref>{{cite web |title=District-wise Decadal Sex ratio in Punjab |url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-decadal-sex-ratio-punjab |website=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India |date=21 January 2022 |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>
!Census Year!!Ratio
|-
|2011||883
|-
|2001||879
|-
|1991||873
|-
|1981||869
|-
|1971||852
|-
|1961||830
|-
|1951||824
|}


The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Mansa district.
Budha and Ladha were two real brothers who were ] by ]. The village has got its name from the name of these two brothers. Some of the population of the village was of Majhbi and Ramdasia. It was a part of Kaithal State. The king of the Kaithal State did not help the ] during the insurgency of ]. So the British annexed the kingdom. Later on, it was merged with ]. It was the largest market of ]. It was a very big recruitment centre of ] personnels which was second to only to ] in ]. Prestigious ] was conferred on Hawaldar Joginder Singh Datewas who was recruited from Budhlada.


{|class="wikitable sortable"
Budhlada city is 70km away from ] and is situated on Bathinda-Delhi rail line. The border of ] state is 25km away from the city. As per 1991 census, the total population of the city is 18,123. The sub division came into being in 13-4-1992.
|+Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Mansa district<ref>https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-rural-and-urban-child-population-0-6-years-and-their-sex-ratio-punjab {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
!Year!!Urban!!Rural
|-
|2011||849 ||840
|-
|2001||778||783
|}


===Religions===
'''Sardulgarh'''
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Mansa district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population by Religious Community: Punjab |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389/download/14502/DDW03C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=]}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|]|darkkhaki|77.75}}
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The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Mansa district.

{|class="wikitable sort"
|+Absolute numbers of different religious groups in Mansa district<ref>https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-population-religion-punjab {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
!Religion!!Urban (2011)!!Rural (2011)!!Urban (2001)!!Rural (2001)
|-
|Hindu|| 89,262 ||67,277||80,272||58,953
|-
|Sikh||70,261 ||5,28,182 ||58,868||4,80,646
|-
|Muslim||2,145||8,230||1,370||5,701
|-
|Christian||171||746 ||71||327
|-
|Other religions||1,765||1,722||1,848||702
|}

===Languages===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption=Languages of Mansa district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = ] |value1 = 98.9 |color1 = pink
|label2 = ] |value2 = 1 |color2 = Orange
|label3 = Others |value3 = 0.1 |color3 = Grey
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 98.9% of the population spoke ] and 1% ] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Punjab |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10219/download/13331/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0300.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=]}}</ref>

==Health==
In the year 2017, Mansa district had the second highest number of ] cases in Punjab at 152.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/searo/india/publications/strategic-action-plan-for-malaria-lowress-reference-file.pdf?sfvrsn=4e7e93d7_4
| title = Micro Strategic Action Plan for Malaria Elimination in the State of Punjab, India, 2018–2020
| website = www.cdn.who.int
| access-date = Aug 11, 2024
| quote = Chapter 2, Page 17
}}</ref>

The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Mansa, as of year 2020.

{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+ District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Mansa, year 2020
<ref>https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-07/Mansa-Punjab.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
!Indicators!!Number of children (<5 years)!! Percent (2020)!! Percent (2016)
|-
|Stunted||21,477||37%||30%
|-
|Wasted||7,091||12%||16%
|-
|Severely wasted||1,988||3%||7%
|-
|Underweight||13,296||23%||25%
|-
|Overweight/obesity||1,812||3%||1%
|-
|Anemia||41,220||78%||52%
|-
|Total children||58,648||||
|}

The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Mansa of women between the ages of 15 to 49 years, as of year 2020.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+District nutritional profile of Mansa of women of 15-49 years, in 2020<ref>https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-07/Mansa-Punjab.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
!Indicators!!Number of women (15-49 years)!! Percent (2020)!!Percent (2016)
|-
|Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2)||38,200||16%||19%
|-
|Overweight/obesity||78,205||33%||24%
|-
|Hypertension||71,744||30%||20%
|-
|Diabetes||27,628||12%||NA
|-
|Anemia (non-preg)||143,012||60%||50%
|-
|Anemia (preg)||7,540||68%||38%
|-
|Total women (preg)||11,052||||
|-
|Total women||237,562||||
|}

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Mansa district by year.

{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+Road accidents and people affected in Mansa district by year<ref>{{cite web | url =https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/road-accidents-punjab | title = Road Accidents in Punjab | website = punjab.data.gov.in | access-date = October 1, 2024 }}</ref>
!Year!!Accidents!!Killed!!Injured!!Vehicles Involved
|-
|2022||115||78||76||115
|-
|2021||159||127||70||224
|-
|2020||170||111||132||273
|-
|2019||163||115||88||130
|}

==Agriculture and industry==

Mansa is situated in the ] belt of Punjab and therefore popularly called the "Area of ]". Indeed, agriculture forms the backbone of the district economy.

Mansa is home to the largest ] of ]. The Thermal Power Plant has the capacity to produce 1980MW of electricity

Industrially, the district is very deficient, yet some ] and ] is being carried out in urban areas.

In 2010-11, there were 1,974 registered Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) units in Mansa district, which provided employment to 7,276 people.<ref>"Brief Industrial Profile of Mansa District", MSME Development Institute, Government of India, Ministry of MSME, Page 6, Table 3.2, https://dcmsme.gov.in/old/dips/Mansa.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi75Me2uPCFAxWBTGcHHT7mApwQFnoECCgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3QxCKpRP0-E1ruNZf9uW1W</ref>

==Major cities and towns==

===Village Ubha===
Ubha is situated in Mansa District. It is famous for its temple.

===Bareta===
Bareta is situated on ]–] railway line.

===Budhlada or Badlada===
{{main|Budhlada}}
Badlada was named after the Budha Singh Badholada, who was a ] sikh by ]. It is also situated on
]-] railway line. It was the largest market of ] and a very big recruitment centre for ] personnel.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Moga|first1=Parminder Singh Grover|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dy-pOAnlQL0C&q=Budhlada+military&pg=PT122|title=Discover Punjab: Attractions of Punjab|last2=Singh|first2=Davinderjit|date=2011-05-20|publisher=Parminder Singh Grover|language=en}}</ref>


== Politics ==
The ancient name of Sardulgarh town was Rori Dhudal. It was a part of ] princely state before ]. The son of Maharaja Patiala, Mr. Sardul Singh came here for a hunting. There is a fort of Maharaja Patiala in a neglected state in which the office of the police station of Sardulgarh has been serving. The name of Sardulgarh town was named after Sardar Sardul Singh from Rori Dhudal. Initially Sardulgarh was a Sub ]. It was graded as a Sub Division in ] when tehsil headquarters were shifted from Jhunir to Sardulgarh. Earlier, there was a ]. It was upgraded to ] on 1996-12-12.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No.
! Constituency
! Name of MLA
! colspan="2" | Party
!Bench
|-
!96
|]
|]
| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|Government
|-
!97
|]
|]
| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|Government
|-
!98
|] (SC)
|]
| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|Government
|}


==External link== ==Notable people==
*], Indian author, ] winner for Best Drama Director, hails from the village of Kishagarh Farwaahi
*
*], Indian model and actor
*], Indian actor
*], Indian actor, hails from the village of Sher Khan Wala
*], Indian poet and lyricist
*], Indian singer, hails from the village of Dhaipi
*], Indian actress and singer
*], Indian actress of film and television
*], Indian Olympic rower
*], Indian singer and politician; from the village of Moosa, his namesake
*], Indian singer
*], Indian rower


==References==
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== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 10:08, 14 December 2024

District of Punjab in India

District of Punjab in India
Mansa district
District of Punjab
Old well in Raipur villageOld well in Raipur village
Location in PunjabLocation in Punjab
Coordinates: 29°59′N 75°23′E / 29.983°N 75.383°E / 29.983; 75.383
Country India
State Punjab
HeadquartersMansa
Area
 • Total2,174 km (839 sq mi)
Population
 • Total769,751
 • Density350/km (900/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Sex ratio1000/880 ♂/♀
Literacy63%
Websitewww.mansa.nic.in

Mansa district is a district in the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is Mansa city. Mansa district was formed on 13 April 1992 from the erst while district of Bathinda. The district has three tehsils: Mansa, Budhlada and Sardulgarh; and five development blocks: Mansa, Budhlada, Sardulgarh, Bhikhi and Jhunir.

Geography

The district is roughly triangular in shape and is bounded on the northwest by Bathinda district, on the northeast by Sangrur district, and on the south by Haryana state. It is situated on the Bathinda-Jind-Delhi railway and the Barnala-Sardulgarh-Sirsa road. The district is divided into three tehsils, Budhlada, Mansa, and Sardulgarh. The Ghaggar River flows through the Sardulgarh Tehsil in the southwestern corner of the district.

History

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Sardar Manshah of royal blood of Sakastan laid the foundation stone of Mansa city in the third century.

Mansa District was formerly a part of the Phulkia Sikh Dynasty (1722–1948) then part of Kaithal Sikh Kingdom (1762–1857). The present district was formed on 13 April 1992 from the erstwhile Bathinda district. The town is said to have been founded by Bhai Gurdas who hailed from Dhingar, Mansa district. He is said to have been married at this place among the Dhaliwal Jat Sikh. Once he came to his in-laws to take his wife along with him but they refused to send her. At this, Bhai Gurdas sat in meditation before the house of his in-laws. After some time, the parents of the girl agreed to send their daughter with Bhai Gurdas. But he refused to take her along with him, stating that he had now renounced the worldly way of life. In his memory, his Smadh was constructed where a fair is held every year in March–April. People in large numbers attend the fair and offer Laddus and Gur (jaggery) at Smadh. Class ‘A’ municipality has been functioning in the town since 1952. The town has two Colleges, viz. Govt. Nehru Memorial Post Graduate College and S.D. Kanya Mahavidyalaya College, 3 Senior Secondary Schools, 90 High Schools, 1 Middle School, 1 Primary School, and one District Library and has one civil hospital, 3 Dispensaries, 1 Ayurvedic, and 4 Homeopathic dispensaries. There are two police stations i.e. PS City and PS Sadar and also a railway station.

Ancient period

The ancient history of the Mansa district has been traced to the Indus Valley civilization. The archaeological finds at different villages of Mansa district are almost similar to those of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. It is divided into three parts Pre-Harappa, Harappa and Late Harappa.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951241,932—    
1961319,389+2.82%
1971402,099+2.33%
1981486,842+1.93%
1991574,662+1.67%
2001688,758+1.83%
20112,423,655+13.41%
source:

According to the 2011 census Mansa district has a population of 2,423,655. This gives it a ranking of 489th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 352 inhabitants per square kilometre (910/sq mi), which was second lowest in Punjab. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.62%. Mansa has a sex ratio of 880 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 90%.

Gender

The table below shows the sex ratio of Mansa district through decades.

Sex ratio of Mansa district
Census Year Ratio
2011 883
2001 879
1991 873
1981 869
1971 852
1961 830
1951 824

The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Mansa district.

Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Mansa district
Year Urban Rural
2011 849 840
2001 778 783

Religions

Religion in Mansa district (2011)
Religion Percent
Sikhism   77.75%
Hinduism   20.34%
Islam   1.35%
Other or not stated   0.57%

The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Mansa district.

Absolute numbers of different religious groups in Mansa district
Religion Urban (2011) Rural (2011) Urban (2001) Rural (2001)
Hindu 89,262 67,277 80,272 58,953
Sikh 70,261 5,28,182 58,868 4,80,646
Muslim 2,145 8,230 1,370 5,701
Christian 171 746 71 327
Other religions 1,765 1,722 1,848 702

Languages

Languages of Mansa district (2011)

  Punjabi (98.9%)  Hindi (1%)  Others (0.1%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 98.9% of the population spoke Punjabi and 1% Hindi as their first language.

Health

In the year 2017, Mansa district had the second highest number of malaria cases in Punjab at 152.

The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Mansa, as of year 2020.

District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Mansa, year 2020
Indicators Number of children (<5 years) Percent (2020) Percent (2016)
Stunted 21,477 37% 30%
Wasted 7,091 12% 16%
Severely wasted 1,988 3% 7%
Underweight 13,296 23% 25%
Overweight/obesity 1,812 3% 1%
Anemia 41,220 78% 52%
Total children 58,648

The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Mansa of women between the ages of 15 to 49 years, as of year 2020.

District nutritional profile of Mansa of women of 15-49 years, in 2020
Indicators Number of women (15-49 years) Percent (2020) Percent (2016)
Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2) 38,200 16% 19%
Overweight/obesity 78,205 33% 24%
Hypertension 71,744 30% 20%
Diabetes 27,628 12% NA
Anemia (non-preg) 143,012 60% 50%
Anemia (preg) 7,540 68% 38%
Total women (preg) 11,052
Total women 237,562

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Mansa district by year.

Road accidents and people affected in Mansa district by year
Year Accidents Killed Injured Vehicles Involved
2022 115 78 76 115
2021 159 127 70 224
2020 170 111 132 273
2019 163 115 88 130

Agriculture and industry

Mansa is situated in the cotton belt of Punjab and therefore popularly called the "Area of white gold". Indeed, agriculture forms the backbone of the district economy.

Mansa is home to the largest Thermal Power Plant of Punjab. The Thermal Power Plant has the capacity to produce 1980MW of electricity

Industrially, the district is very deficient, yet some trade and industry is being carried out in urban areas.

In 2010-11, there were 1,974 registered Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) units in Mansa district, which provided employment to 7,276 people.

Major cities and towns

Village Ubha

Ubha is situated in Mansa District. It is famous for its temple.

Bareta

Bareta is situated on Bathinda–Delhi railway line.

Budhlada or Badlada

Main article: Budhlada

Badlada was named after the Budha Singh Badholada, who was a khatri sikh by caste. It is also situated on Bathinda-Delhi railway line. It was the largest market of Eastern Punjab and a very big recruitment centre for military personnel.

Politics

No. Constituency Name of MLA Party Bench
96 Mansa Vijay Singla Aam Aadmi Party Government
97 Sardulgarh Gurpreet Singh Banawali Aam Aadmi Party Government
98 Budhlada (SC) Budhram Singh Aam Aadmi Party Government

Notable people

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