Posted by Anant on Saturday, October 19, 2013
Under: City
Area
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About Two Thousand seven hundred sq. km Population density Amritsar district for 2011 is 928 people per sq.
km. In 2001, Amritsar district density was at 807 people per sq. km.
Amritsar district administers 2,683 square kilometers of areas.
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Altitude
| 234.00 Meters
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Population |
About 2.5 million (District) |
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About 1.5 million (City)
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Literacy
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About 68 percent Amritsar boasts of a commendable literacy rate of 67.85%. The male lead
with a 73.58% literacy rate while the female mark a figure of 61.41%. The
urban and rural literacy rates are equally exemplary at 78.37% and
60.65% against the total 69.95% literacy rate of Punjab. |
Languages |
Punjabi, Hindi, English
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Climate |
Summer 30 to 46 °C |
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Winter 0 to 17 °C
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Monsoons |
July to September
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Festivals | Baisakhi -- The harvest season in April.
Gurpurab -- January, April, May June ,October, November, December Deepawali-- October or November |
Airport |
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (Raja Sansi Amritsar International Airport) IATA: ATQ ; ICAO: VIAR
With regards to Sex Ratio in Amritsar, it stood at 889 per 1000 male
compared to 2001 census figure of 871. The average national sex ratio in
India is 940 as per latest reports of Census 2011 Directorate.
In 2011 census, child sex ratio is 826 girls per 1000 boys compared to
figure of 792 girls per 1000 boys of 2001 census data.
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