District At A Glance
Tehsil

Sr.No. Subdivision /Tehsil Inhabitated Villages Uninhabitated Villages Area(Sq Kms) Population Density Per Sq Km
1. Gurdaspur 679 37 1369 744092 544
3. Batala 347 5 936 618105 660
3. Dera Baba Nanak 131 6 305 115660 379
  Total 1157 48 2610 1477857 566

Sub Tehsils (Total : 8)

Sr. No. Sub Tehsil Name
1. Kahnuwan
2. Kalanaur
3. Sri Hargobindpur
4. Qadian
5 Dinanagar
6. Fatehgarh Churian
7. Dhariwal
8. Naushera Majha Singh

C.D.Blocks (Total : 11)

Sr. No. Block Name
1. Gurdaspur
2. Kalanaur
3. Dhariwal
4. Kahnuwan
5. Dinanagar
6. Batala
7. Fatehgarh Churian
8. Dera Baba Nanak
9. Sri Hargobindpur
10. Qadian
11. Dorangla

Population Statistics

Sex Total Population Urban Rural Literacy No of Literate persons
Male 776023 169619 606404 511273 (65.88%)
Female 701834 150697 551137 398305 (56.75%)
Total 1477857 320316 1157541 909578 (61.54%)

Female Per Thousand Males: 904

S.C Population: 335078 (22.67 % of Distt.)

  1. Rural 141523
  2. Urban 203161

Panchayats: 1260

Municipal Councils:

Sr. No. Municipal Name
1. Gurdaspur
2. Dhariwal
3. Dinanagar
4. Batala
5. Sri Hargobindpur
6. Dera Baba Nanak
7 Fatehgarh Churian
8. Qadian

Improvement Trusts

Sr No Name of Improvement Trust
1. Gurdaspur
2. Batala

Focal Points: 47

No. of Vidhan Sabha Constituencies: 7

No. of Lok Sabha Constituencies: 1 + 1(Partial)

No. of Workers

Sex No of Workers
Male 391645
Female 91778
Total 483423

%age of Electrified Villages to Total Inhabited Villages: 100

Agriculture

Sr.No. Statistics Unit / %
1. Net Area Sown 258000 Hect
2. Area Sown More Than Once 245000 Hect.
3. Total Cropped Area 503000 Hect.
4. %age of Gross Irrigated to Gross Cropped Area. 88.43
5. %age of Net Irrigated Area to Net Area Sown. 84.02
6. %age of Net Irrigated Area to Net Area Sown for Wheat 100%.
7. %age of Net Irrigated Area to Net Area Sown for Rice 100%.
8. %age of Net Irrigated Area to Net Area Sown for Sugarcane 100%.
9. Production Wheat 917000 MT
Rice 648000 MT
Sugarcane 150000 MT
Yield Wheat 4070 Kg/Hect.
Rice 3223 Kg/Hect.
Sugarcane 6260 Kg/Hect.
10. Intensity of cropping 175
11. Consumption of fertilizers 121816 Nutrients Tons

Per Capita Income: Rs.45132 (2008-09 Prices in Pb.)

Veterinary Services

  1. No. Vet. Hospitals 99
  2. No. of Dispensaries 23
  3. Cattle Population 481773
Medical Facilities Available

Type of Medical fecility No.
130 Bed Hospital 1 (Gurdaspur)
80 Bed Hospital 1 (Batala)
25 Bed hospital 2 (Ranger Nangal and Sri Hargobindpur)
Community Health centres 11
Primary Health Centres 5
Mini Primary Health Centres 24
Eye Mobile Unit/Hospital 1
P.P. Units 2(Gurdaspur and Batala)
Revamping Family Welfare Centre 1(Batala)
Subsidiary Health Centres 99
E.S.I. Dispensaries 3
Sub Centres 222
Ayurvedic & Unani Dispensaries 34
Ayurvedic Swastha Kendras 2
Mobile leprosy team 1
Homoeopathic Dispensaries 4

No. of Regd. Factories: 704

General Education

Type of Institution No.
Arts & Science Colleges 16
High/Hr./Sr. Secondary Schools 221
Middle School 250
Primary Schools 1137

Professional Colleges

Profession College Type No.
Engineering College 1
Polytechnic 1
Hotel Management 1
I.T.Is 7
B.Ed. college 7
E.T.T. 1

Co-operative Societies: 1139

Bank Branches: 151

Milk Plants : 1

Milk Chilling Centres : 3

Cold Stores : 4

Rice Shellers: 87 (In Working Condition)

Patwaris: 328

Kanungo Circles: 43

Rural Water Supply (31.12.2011)

  1. Villages Covered 399
  2. Problem Villages 394
  3. No. of water supply schemes in the district 150
Roads

Total Length of roads 3956.00 Kms.
Link Roads 2556.00 Kms.
Plan roads 939.00 Kms.
National Highways 124.00 Kms.
State highways 45.57 Kms.

No. of Purchase Centres for Kharif 30-06-2011: 92