Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 427
Sex Ratio Rank : 106
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 482 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 479 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Mansa
District
Mansa district was formed on 13th April 1992 from the erst while
district of Bathinda. Mansa is a small district both in terms of
population and area. It is situated on the rail line between Bathinda-Jind-Delhi
section and also situated on Barnala-Sardulgarh-Sirsa Road.
The town is said to have been founded by Bhai
Gurdas who hailed from Dhingar, Distt. Mansa. He is said to have
been married at this place among the Dhaliwal Jat Sikh. Once he
came to his in-laws to take his wife alongwith him but they refused
to send her. At this, Bhai Gurdas sat in meditation before the
house of his in-laws. After some time, the parents of the girl
agreed to send their daughter with Bhai Gurdas. But he refused
to take her alongwith him, stating that he had now renounced the
worldly way of life. In his memory, his Smadh was constructed
where a fair is held every year in March-April. People in large
numbers attend the fair and offer Laddus and Gur at Smadh. Class
‘A’municipality has been functioning in the town since 1952.
Mansa is situated in the cotton belt of Punjab
and therefore fondly called the "Area of white gold". Indeed agriculture
forms the backbone of the district economy. During the months
of November and December a visitor to this part of Punjab shall
be the proud witness to the pristine, milky white bloom of cotton,
as nature blossoms in her full glory. The view is indeed breath
taking. While traversing the countryside, one gets a feeling of
sailing through clouds. The population is Punjabi-speaking and
is wedded to the culture of the Malwa belt of Punjab. Industrially,
the district is very deficient, yet some trade and industry is
being carried out in Urban areas
The district is spread over 2,174 sq.kms, having
a total population of 6,88,630 as per 2001 census amounting to
2.9% of the total population of Punjab. In Mansa District, River
Ghaggar flows through distance of 15 Kms and Sirhind Drain passes
through the entire district and has its out-fall in river Ghaghar.
The town has two Colleges, viz. Govt. Nehru Memorial
Post Graduate College and S.D. Kanya Mahavidyala College, 3 Senior
Secondary School, 90 High School, 1 Middle School and 1 Primary
School and one Distt. Library and has one civil hospital, 3 dispencaries
and 1 Ayurvedic and 1 Homeopathic dispensary. There are two police
stations i.e. PS City and PS Sadar and also a railway station.
Climate
The climate of the district is more or less typical
of punjab plains. It is extremely hot and dry in summer. Summer
begins in March & temp goes up to 45 C in June. Hot winds
& dust strorms are prevalent during summer season. Monsoon
sets in the 1st week of July and continues till mid September.
It is extremely cold in winter.
Soil & Rainfall
The soil characterstic of Mansa district is sandy.
The land is predominately plain except few land dunes. Ghaggar
river is passing through the Sardulgarh block of the district.
Geographical Features & Elevation Above Sea
Level
