Sangrur
is one of the 17 districts of the Punjab State and is located on National
Highway No. 64 between Patiala and
Bathinda. It is a very old district and remained headquarter of the Jind State
for a long time before 1947. Maharaj Raghbir Singh got constructed Sangrur city
on the pattern of Jaipur City in 1050. District Sangrur covers total 3625 Sq.
K.M. area. Presently population of this district is approximately 1998464, out
of the entire population the population of males of Sangrur district is 1070039
whereas female is 924825. It has got six revenue sub divisions . Presently five
sub divisions are with police district Sangrur. Total Police strength of this
district is 1908. There are 12 Police Stations , six city Police Posts and 12
rural Police Posts in this district. Sangrur Police is making all efforts to
maintain law and order and ensuring proper investigation of the cases. There is
average crime graph in the district which indicates that there is normal peace
in the area. The Police team is continuously making all efforts to maintain this
track. Through this website district Police will usher in transparency and
accessibility . I am sure both Police and Public will benefit from it. I assure
that the Police team of district Sangrur will carry on serving the people of the
area. Every efforts will be made to bring the criminals to justice
Sangrur is a city, a municipal council and capital of the Sangrur
district in the Indian state of Punjab,India.Sangrur is the district headquarter. It is located on cross section
of Delhi,Ludhiana and Patiala Bathinda roads and on Ludhiana-Jakhal railway
line. It is 80 Kms from
Ludhiana and 48 Kms from Patiala The district in general is a rural region in the southern part of
the State of Punjab. Situated west of Patiala, it is virtually isolated from
urban centre of the State. Sangrur is located at
30.23° N 75.83° E[1].
It has an average elevation of 232 metres
(761 feet).
Demographics
As of 2001 India censusIndia, Sangrur had a population of 78,717. Males constitute
54% of the population and females 46%. Sangrur has an average literacy rate of
72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female
literacy is 68%. In Sangrur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
History
Sangrur was the winter capital of the princely Jind
State (Khunga Kothi, a place on the left bank of a canal near Jind was
its summer capital). Originally this City belonged to
Nabha State but later on the Raja of Jind snatched it from Nabha state.
Famous people born in Sangrur
This district gave two chief ministers to present day Indian Punjab and one
to the PEPSU(Patiala and East Punjab States Union - This state was later on
merged with present day Punjab. It had Patiala as its state capital.) The two
Punjab Chief Ministers were Mr. Surjit Singh Barnala -the current Governor of
Tamil Nadu, Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhathal- the present deputy chief minster of
Punjab. Late Lala Brish Bhan was the chief minsiter of PEPSU. Baba Hira Singh
Bhattal was great freedom fighter who belonged to this district ( Mrs. Rajinder
Kaur Bhathal is his daughter).
Shaheed (i.e. Martyr) Udham Singh ( He preferred to be called as Ram
Mohammed Singh Azad) too was born in this district (Sunam). He avenged the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 by killing General O'Dwyer in London. Sant
Baba Attar Singh Mastuanawale, Giani Gian Singh Ji, Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh, and
many more were also from this district.
Tourist info
Sangrur is not a tourist spot as it does not boast of any places of tourist
interest. There are a few places of some historical or religious importance
including Guru-dwaras and Hindu Temples of historical importance. A well planned Banesar Garden in the north of the city with an attractive marble baradari is a
popular picnic spot. It also has a mini-zoo. Chefs and HotChop is one of the
best places to stay.
Weather: Sangrur gets very dry and hot in summers lasting from early
March to July. Moonsoon Rains start around early to mid July and last through
August and end in September. It becomes quite cold in Dec-January. Best time to
visit Sangrur is January to March, as this time climate is too pleasant. Along
with this you can enjoy festival like Lohri and Basant.
Travel options from Delhi include train and road travel. Train
requires advance reservation or on the spot ticket (unreserved 2nd class
compartment - not recommended). Recently, the websites allow E-tickets to be
bought using any international credit card and taking a printout of the same.
For more info, see
http://www.indianrail.gov.in and register online at
http://www.irctc.co.in for online booking of tickets. For travelling via
trains in India, see the excellent post on
Indian Rail Travel. Work is in progress to put up ATM machines at Railway
stations to allow purchase of E-tickets using credit/debit cards. For a
comfortable, though slightly expensive option, it is better to contact a tourist
agency and rent a vehicle. It can be hot, grimy, dusty and downright painful to
travel in the Punjab Roadways buses as it does not have a deluxe service /
air-conditioning. Interstate buses are run by Punjab Roadways and PEPSU from the
Delhi Interstate Bus Terminus (ISBT) at Kashmiri Gate.
Or you can plan your route via Dhuri railway junction, as Dhuri is well
connected with all cities by railway line. The distance from Dhuri to Sangrur is
hardly 20 km and thus easy to approach.
Education in Sangrur
The city and surroundings provide a good educational services to the district
which includes:
1. SLIET (Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology) (www.sliet.org)
which is run and managed by Ministry of HRD, India.
Gateway Educational and Welfare Society
is an NGO Regd. with Govt. Of Punjab to promote the skills of poor and
needy youth of INDIA so that they may earn respectful living hood.
Presently the area of functioning of Society is Sangrur Distt.
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