Faridkot is one of 22 districts located in north Indian state Punjab. There are total 2 blocks which comes under Faridkot district, and there are total 171 villages and 2 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Faridkot district is 45 and number of houses in this district is 77171.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 403090. Out of total 403090, male population count is 212198, where as female population count is 190892 in Faridkot.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 45086 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 45086 children 24308 are boys and 20778 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Faridkot district is 57%. 231235 out of total 403090 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 61% and 131152 males are literate out of total 212198 male population, where as female literacy rate is 47% and 100083 out of total 190892 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Faridkot district is 42%. 171855 out of total 403090 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 38% and 81046 males are illiterate out of total 212198 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 47% and 90809 out of total 190892 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Faridkot district is 145591 and non-working population is 257499 and out of 145591 working population 48131 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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