Bathinda district

History

Raja Deb and Raja Vena Pal are purported to have been local rulers of the region, being tied to the fort of Bathinda.

The district of Bathinda came into existence with the formation of the PEPSU in 1948. It had its headquarters at Faridkot, which were shifted to Bathinda in 1953.

In 1953, Bathinda district was expanded to include the Phul sub-tehsil of Barnala district. In 1956, along with the merger of PEPSU, Bathinda was integrated into the state of Punjab.

Later, Faridkot district was carved out of Bathinda on August 7, 1972, by separating Faridkot tehsil from Bathinda district, along with Moga and Muktsar tehsils from Firozpur district. Subsequently, on April 13, 1992, Mansa district was created by carving out the southeastern part of Bathinda district.

During the British era, most of present-day Bathinda district was part of Patiala State, with Bathinda functioning as a tehsil under its Barnala (Anahgarh) district. Some parts of the present district were also under other princely states—Nabha State (Phul etc.), Jind State (Balanwali, Dyalpura Mirza etc.), and Faridkot State (bhagta, Goniana etc.). Additionally, the Mehraj/Nathana area was part of Moga tehsil in Ferozepur district until 1959, when it was transferred to Bathinda district.

Demography

According to the 2011 census Bathinda district has a population of 1,388,525, roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Swaziland 1,370,424 |access-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013

At the time of the 2011 census, 89.56% of the population spoke Punjabi and 8.61% Hindi as their first language.

Economy

In 2010–11, there were a total of 4,261 registered industrial units in Bathinda district. Of this, 12 were large and medium units. Small scale industries employed 22,744 workers and Large and Medium industries employed 6,865 people.

Health

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

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

The table below shows the current use of family planning methods by currently married women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Bathinda district.

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

Administration

|Bathinda |7|20|10.1 |10|24|19.2 |15|30|7.9 |21|37|9.8 |26|41|19.9 |28|41|38.2 |28|37|90.3 |27|36|83.8 |25|36|51.8 |19|34|9.4 |13|29|1.4 |8|23|3.6 Bathinda is divided into the 4 tehsils of Bathinda, Rampura Phul, Maur and Talwandi Sabo. These tehsils are further divided into the nine blocks of Bathinda, Sangat, Nathana, Rampura, Phul, Maur, Balianwali, Bhagta Bhai ka and Talwandi Sabo.

List of Deputy Commissioners

Politics

Notable people

• Parduman Singh Brar, athlete
• Ravinder Singh Khaira, athlete
• Kuldeep Manak, singer
• Jazim Sharma, singer
• Gurpreet Singh, painting artist

References

References

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