Firozpur is a district in Punjab State of India. It has a total of 2 Tehsils in this district. The district has an total area of 5,305 sq km. There are 13 towns and 1,000 villages in this district.

Firozpur District Population

As per census Firozpur District has a population of 2,029,074 in 2011 out of which 1,071,637 are male and 957,437 are female. Population of Firozpur District in 2019/2020 is 2,159,794(estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in feb 2019 data). Literate people are 1,227,511 out of 707,070 are male and 520,441 are female. People living in Firozpur District depend on multiple skills, total workers are 756,695 out of which men are 596,406 and women are 160,289. Total 170,993 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 160,141 are cultivated by men and 10,852 are women. 153,627 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 131,101 and 22,526 are women. Firozpur District sex ratio is 893 females per 1000 of males. Next Firozpur District Census will be in 2021.

Firozpur District Population of Rural and Urban

The district has an total area of 5,305 sq km., 138.58 sq km is urban and 5166.42 sq km is rural. Out of total population of 2,252,273 in the district, 552,556 are in urban area and 1,476,518 are in rural area. 109,027 households are in urban, 276,967 are in rural area. 386,691 literate people are in urban, 840,820 are in rural area.

The District Firozpur is situated at India-Pakistan border, at the east side Faridkot district, Moga district and at the south side Muktsar District is situated. On the north east the River Sutlej generally separates it from the Firozpur and Kapurthala districts and on the south west side the Fazilka district touches the boundaries of Firozpur. The united stream of the Sutlej and Beas generally separates it from the Amritsar district in the north-west, and farther down from the Pakistan with the exception of some areas on each side of the river.

It is believed to have been founded by Feroz shah Tughluq in the 14th century. Another version claims that it was founded by a Bhatti chief called Feroz Khan.

Three heroic martyrs of India's freedom struggle Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his associates Shaheed Rajguru and Shaheed Sukhdev have their final resting place on the banks of the river Sutlej in Firozpur. On March 23, 1931, despite popular protest, these three heros were executed in Lahore secretly and left their bodies in gunnybags on the banks of Sutlej River.

Firozpur Demographics
Languages are Punjabi

The Nearest Airport to Firozpur is Ludhiana Airport., and other popular district head offices are Old SDM Office Ferozepur, Cantonment Board Office, Central Jail, Divisional Railway Office, Firozpur Division, Northern Railways, India, The nearby Fire service for this district is Moga Fire Station. The District Library is Muncipal Library.The Head Post office for this district is in Cantt Post Office Ferozepur S.O. and the Railway Station is Firozpur City (station).

Firozpur District Tehsils List

Firozpur District has total 2 Tehsils, Below is the list of Firozpur Tehsils.

Firozpur District Tehsils population in 2011, Below is the list of Firozpur Tehsils househods, total population and as per male and female statistics.

Tehsils	Population 2011	Male	Female	Households
Makhu	77,662	40,453	37,209	14,177
Zira	113,203	59,132	54,071	21,024
Ghall Khurd	142,752	75,060	67,692	26,823
Firozpur	138,731	73,742	64,989	25,503
Mamdot	103,234	53,837	49,397	19,498
Guru Har Sahai	151,315	79,110	72,205	28,249
Jalalabad	173,572	90,795	82,777	33,073
Fazilka	186,979	98,228	88,751	36,259
Khuian Sarwar	183,688	97,166	86,522	34,319
Abohar	221,202	117,641	103,561	41,064

 

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