Welcome To District Mansa (Punjab)--Introduction

Mansa was declared as district on 13th April 1992 from the east while district of Bathinda. It lies between 29.58' to36.33'' in North & 75.23' to 34.87'' East at the elevation of 716 Feet from sea level .Mansa is a small district both in terms of population and area. It is situated on the rail line between Bathinda- Jind- Delhi sections and also on Barnala-Sardulgarh-Sirsa Road.This district is surrounded by Bathinda district in North West, by Sangrur District in east and by Sirsa District of Harayana State in the south.
Mansa district is divided into three Sub Divisions namely Mansa, Budhlada and Sardulgarh There are five Blocks and 243 villages having 244 Gramm Panchyats.All the villages are connected with 11134 Km premix roads.Mansa was declared as district on 13th April 1992 from the east while district of Bathinda. It lies between 29.58' to36.33'' in North & 75.23' to 34.87'' East at the elevation of 716 Feet from sea level .Mansa is a small district both in terms of population and area.It is situated on the rail line between Bathinda- Jind- Delhi sections and also on Barnala-SardulgarhSirsa Road.This district is surrounded by Bathinda district in North West, by Sangrur District in east and by Sirsa District of Harayana State in the south. Mansa district is divided into three Sub Divisions namely Mansa, Budhlada and Sardulgarh There are five Blocks and 243 villages having 244 Gramm Panchyats.All the villages are connected with 11134 Km premix roads The total geographical area is 2, 16,000 ha .The total population of the district was 6,88,758 amounting to 2.9 % of Punjab state according to the census 2001. The number. of woman per thousand man were 900 The rural population is about 546349 which is 85.14 % of total population. The literacy rate is 47.6 %. Regarding the literacy, the urban population was 63.52 % literate, where as literacy rate in rural area was 40.5 %. The population density was 279 per sq . As per the data collected form viilages ,there are 99959 house holds in this district. Out of which 31924 (31%) are Schedule Caste and 7756 (7.7%) are Backward Class. The SC literacy rate is 29 % out of which male are 32% and female are 25%.