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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bathinda district
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = pa
| other_name =
| settlement_type = District
| image_skyline = Bathinda fort view.jpg
| image_caption = Bathinda fort
| image_map = Bathinda in Punjab (India).svg
| map_caption = Districts of Punjab along with their headquarters
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|30|12|36|N|74|56|24|E|region:IN-PB_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-nowiki|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = Region of Punjab
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_name2 = Bathinda
| subdivision_name3 = [[Malwa (Punjab)|Malwa]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| leader_title = Administrator of [[District]]
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = Deputy commissioner
| leader_name1 =
| area_total_km2 = 3,385
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1,388,525
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2011Cities>{{cite web | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | format=PDF | title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above | publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India | access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro =
| population_metro_footnotes = <ref name=2011UA>{{cite web | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | format=PDF | title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above | publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India | access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code =
| area_code = 0164
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate =
| website = {{URL|www.bathinda.nic.in}}
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
}}

'''Bathinda district''' is in [[Malwa (Punjab)|Malwa]] region of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]. The district encompasses an area of 3,385 square kilometers. By area, Bathinda district is the second-largest in [[Punjab]], after [[Ludhiana District]]. It is bounded by [[Faridkot district]] and [[Moga district]] on the north, [[Mukatsar district]] on the west, [[Barnala district|Barnala]] and [[Mansa district, Punjab|Mansa]] districts on the east, and the state of [[Haryana]] on the south. Bathinda is cotton producing belt of Punjab.

==History==
The district of Bathinda came into existence with the formation of the [[PEPSU]] in 1948. It had its headquarters at [[Faridkot, India|Faridkot]], which were shifted to Bathinda in 1952.{{historical populations|21=1951|22=377757|23=1961|24=509031|25=1971|26=623172|27=1981|28=817764|29=1991|30=985301|31=2001|32=1183295|33=2011|34=1388525|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==Demography==
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| barwidth = 250px |cellpadding="0"
| title = Religion in Bathinda district<ref>[http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/599-bathinda.html Bathinda District Population Census 2011, Punjab literacy sex ratio and density]. Census2011.co.in. Retrieved on 18 October 2015.</ref>
| titlebar = #Fcd116
| left1 = Religion
| right1 = Percent
| float = left
| bars =
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|#FFFF00|70.89}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|#FF6600|27.41}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|1.17}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|#9955BB|0.18}}
{{bar percent|Others|#9955BB|0.53}}}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Bathinda district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,388,525,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Swaziland]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Swaziland 1,370,424
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Hawaii 1,360,301
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
|df=dmy
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 352nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 414 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 17.37%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Bathinda has a [[sex ratio]] of 865 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 69.6%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

==Administration==
{{climate chart
|Bathinda
|7|20|10.1
|10|24|19.2
|15|30|7.9
|21|37|9.8
|26|41|19.9
|28|41|38.2
|28|37|90.3
|27|36|83.8
|25|36|51.8
|19|34|9.4
|13|29|1.4
|8|23|3.6
| source = [http://weather.in.msn.com/local.aspx?&wealocations=wc%3a3821&q=Bhatinda%2c+Punjab&setunit=C MSN World Weather ]
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| clear =
}}
Bathinda is divided into the 4 [[Administrative divisions of India#Sub-districts|tehsils]] of [[Bathinda]], [[Rampura Phul]], [[Maur Mandi|Maur]] and [[Talwandi Sabo]]. These tehsils are further divided into the nine blocks of [[Bathinda]], [[Sangat, India|Sangat]], [[Nathana, India|Nathana]], [[Rampura Phul|Rampura]], [[Phul]], [[Maur Mandi|Maur]], [[Balianwali]], [[Bhagta Bhai ka]] and [[Talwandi Sabo]].<ref>[http://bathinda.nic.in/html/district_at_a_glance.html#N1009C District at A glance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110050936/http://bathinda.nic.in/html/district_at_a_glance.html#N1009C |date=10 January 2011 }}. Bathinda.nic.in. Retrieved on 18 October 2015.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; border:#fff solid 1px; text-align:lcenter; margin-bottom:0; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"
|-
! colspan=5 style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| Administrative Structure
|-
! style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| No of Blocks
! style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| No of Villages
! style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| No of Census town
! style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| No of M.Corporation
! style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| No of M. Councils
|-
| align=center | 9 (Bathinda, Sangat, Nathana, Rampura, Phul, Maur, Balianwali, Bhagta Bhaika and Talwandisabo) ||align=left | 272 ||align=left | 2 (Bhisiana, Mehna) || 1 (Bathinda)||align=left | 20 (Sangat, Raman Mandi, Maur, Kotfatta, Rampura, Bhuchomandi, Goniana, Talwandi sabo, Bhagta, Kotshamir, Lehra Mohabbat, Nathana, [[Chauke]], Rampura, Balianwali, Mandi Kalan, Maluka, Kothaguru, Bhairupa, Mehraj )
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikivoyage}}
* {{Official website|http://bathinda.nic.in/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130102010522/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_bath2.htm#ch2 Full history from ancient times to current times]

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Bathinda district
| North = [[Moga district]]
| Northeast = [[Barnala district]]
| East =
| Southeast = [[Mansa district, Punjab|Mansa district]]
| South = [[Sirsa district]], [[Haryana]]
| Southwest =
| West = [[Muktsar district]]
| Northwest = [[Faridkot district]]
}}

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