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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Kapurthala}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kapurthala district
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Punjab, India|District]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| image_skyline = Kapurthala Sainik School.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Kapurthala Sainik School, former palace of the [[Kapurthala State|Maharajas of Kapurthala]]
| nickname =
| image_map = Kapurthala in Punjab (India).svg
| image_map1 =
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in Punjab
| coordinates = {{coord|31|22|46|N|75|23|05|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Emblem of Punjab (India) on a white background (1).png}} [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for = [[Nawab Kapur Singh]]
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Kapurthala]]
| leader_name1 = D P S Kharbanda IAS
| leader_title1 = Deputy commissioner
| leader_name2 =
| leader_title2 =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 1633
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 815,168
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes = {{cref|‡}}
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code =
| registration_plate = PB-09
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 80.20%
| website = {{URL|http://www.kapurthala.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Kapurthala District''' is a district of the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] in northern India. The city of [[Kapurthala]] is the district's headquarters.

Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people by the 2011 census. The district is divided into two noncontiguous parts—the main Kapurthala-[[Sultanpur Lodhi]] portion and the [[Phagwara]] [[tehsil]].<ref>[https://kapurthala.gov.in/demography/ Demography of kapurthala state gov.in]</ref>

The Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi part lies between north latitude 31° 07' and 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 36'. In the north it is bound by [[Hoshiarpur district|Hoshiarpur]], [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]], and [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]] districts, in the west by the [[Beas River]] and Amritsar district, and in south by the [[Sutlej River]], [[Jalandhar district]], and Hoshiaripur district.

Phagwara tehsil lies between north latitude 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 40' and 75° 55'. Phagwara lies on the National Highway No 1, and the tehsil is much more industrially developed than the remainder of Kapurthala District. Phagwara is situated at a distance of {{convert|19|km|mi}} southeast of Jalandhar, and the tehsil is bounded on two sides by Jalandhar District whereas north by Hoshiarpur district and east by S B S Nagar District.

The district has three subdivisions/[[tehsils]]: Kapurthala, Phagwara, and Sultanpur Lodhi. The total area of the district is {{cvt|1633|km}} of which {{cvt|909.09|km2}} is in Kapurthala tehsil, {{cvt|304.05|km2}} is in Phagwara tehsil and {{cvt|451.0|km2}} is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil. The economy of the district is still predominantly agricultural.

==Demographics==
[[File:Photograph of rural life in Kapurthala in 1927, a true-colour photograph taken by Albert Kahn.jpg|thumb|Photograph of rural life in [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]] in 1927, a [[Color photography|true-colour]] photograph taken by [[Albert Kahn (banker)|Albert Kahn]]]]

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kapurthala district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 815,168,<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Kapurthala |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1000/download/3014/DH_2011_0302_PART_A_DCHB_KAPURTHALA.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Comoros]]<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 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[South Dakota]].<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=2011-09-30
|quote=South Dakota 814,180
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118011236/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=18 November 2011
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 481st in India (out of a total of [[List of districts in India|640]]).<ref name="districtcensus" /> The district has a population density of {{convert| 501 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name="districtcensus" /> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.37%.<ref name="districtcensus" /> Kapurthala has a [[sex ratio]] of 912 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 80.2%. Scheduled Castes made up 33.94% of the population.<ref name="districtcensus" />

{{historical populations|21=1951|22=295071|23=1961|24=343778|25=1971|26=429514|27=1981|28=545249|29=1991|30=646647|31=2001|32=754521|33=2011|34=815168|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}}

===Gender===
The table below shows the sex ratio of Kapurthala district through decades.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Sex ratio of Kapurthala district<ref>{{cite web |title=District-wise Decadal Sex ratio in Punjab |url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-decadal-sex-ratio-punjab |website=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India |date=21 January 2022 |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>
!Census year!!Ratio
|-
|2011||912
|-
|2001||887
|-
|1991||896
|-
|1981||898
|-
|1971||889
|-
|1961||886
|-
|1951||880
|}

The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Kapurthala district.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Kapurthala district<ref>{{cite web | url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-rural-and-urban-child-population-0-6-years-and-their-sex-ratio-punjab | title=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India | date=21 January 2022 }}</ref>
!Year!!Urban!!Rural
|-
|2011||896||859
|-
|2001||792||782
|}

===Religions===
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Kapurthala district (2011)<ref name="religion"/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|55.66}}
{{bar percent|[[Punjabi Hindus|Hinduism]]|darkorange|41.23}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Punjab, India|Islam]]|green|1.25}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|yellow|0.82}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Punjab, India|Christianity]]|blue|0.66}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.38}}
|float=right
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Religion in tehsils of Kapurthala district (2011)<ref name="religion" />
!Tehsil
!Sikhism (%)
!Hinduism (%)
!Islam (%)
!Others (%)
|-
|Bhulath
| align="right" style="background:darkkhaki" |78.10
| align="right" |18.88
| align="right" |0.86
|2.16
|-
|Kapurthala
| align="right" style="background:darkkhaki" |60.88
| align="right" |36.72
| align="right" |1.44
|0.96
|-
|Sultanpur Lodhi
| align="right" style="background:darkkhaki" |75.83
| align="right" |23.17
| align="right" |0.33
|0.67
|-
|Phagwara
| align="right" |29.05
| align="right" style="background:darkorange;color:white" |65.80
| align="right" |1.6
|3.55
|}

Sikhs are the majority in Kapurthala district, and dominate rural areas. Hindus are the majority in urban areas.<ref name="religion">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population by Religious Community: Punjab |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389/download/14502/DDW03C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Kapurthala district.

{|class="wikitable sort"
|+Absolute numbers of different religious groups in Kapurthala district<ref>{{cite web | url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-population-religion-punjab | title=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India | date=21 January 2022 }}</ref>
!Religion!!Urban (2011)!!Rural (2011)!!Urban (2001)!!Rural (2001)!!Urban (1991)!!Rural (1991)
|-
|Hindu||183,623||152,501||150,751||135,687||106,614||104,987
|-
|Sikh||89,331||364,361||89,421||359,233||55,075||263,070
|-
|Muslim||3,965||6,225||2,461||3,947||573||2,156
|-
|Christian||1,900||3,545||1,406||2,947||566||1,302
|-
|Other religions||3,643||6,074||2,488||6,180||590||316
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in Kapurthala District ([[British Punjab province]] era)
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in India|Religious]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1881<ref name="Census1881A">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057656 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057656 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I. |year=1881 }}</ref><ref name="Census1881B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057657 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057657 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}</ref><ref name="Census1881C">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057658 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057658 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1891<ref name="Census1891">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318669 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318669 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory |year=1891 |pages=14}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25363739 |jstor=saoa.crl.25363739 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province. |year=1901 |pages=34}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393788 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393788 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=27}}</ref><ref name="Census1911B">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62718 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II |year=1911 |pages=27 |author=Kaul, Harikishan}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25430165 |jstor=saoa.crl.25430165 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=29}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793242 |jstor=saoa.crl.25793242 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1931 |pages=277}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215541 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215541 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab |year=1941 |pages=42 |author1=India Census Commissioner |volume=6 }}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 142,974
| {{Percentage | 142974 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 170,557
| {{Percentage | 170557 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 178,326
| {{Percentage | 178326 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 152,117
| {{Percentage | 152117 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 160,457
| {{Percentage | 160457 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 179,251
| {{Percentage | 179251 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 213,754
| {{Percentage | 213754 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including [[Ad-Dharmi]]s}}
| 82,900
| {{Percentage | 82900 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 89,463
| {{Percentage | 89463 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 93,652
| {{Percentage | 93652 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 61,426
| {{Percentage | 61426 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 58,412
| {{Percentage | 58412 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 64,319
| {{Percentage | 64319 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 61,546
| {{Percentage | 61546 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 26,493
| {{Percentage | 26493 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 39,493
| {{Percentage | 39493 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 42,101
| {{Percentage | 42101 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 54,275
| {{Percentage | 54275 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 64,074
| {{Percentage | 64074 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 72,177
| {{Percentage | 72177 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 88,350
| {{Percentage | 88350 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| 214
| {{Percentage | 214 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 169
| {{Percentage | 169 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 226
| {{Percentage | 226 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 205
| {{Percentage | 205 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 228
| {{Percentage | 228 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 27
| {{Percentage | 27 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 380
| {{Percentage | 380 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 35
| {{Percentage | 35 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 8
| {{Percentage | 8 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 39
| {{Percentage | 39 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 107
| {{Percentage | 107 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 1,100
| {{Percentage | 1100 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 983
| {{Percentage | 983 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 1,667
| {{Percentage | 1667 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 6
| {{Percentage | 6 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 252617 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 299690 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 314351 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 268133 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 284275 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 316757 | 2 }}
| 12,677
| {{Percentage | 12677 | 378380 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 252,617
! {{Percentage | 252617 | 252617 | 2 }}
! 299,690
! {{Percentage | 299690 | 299690 | 2 }}
! 314,351
! {{Percentage | 314351 | 314351 | 2 }}
! 268,133
! {{Percentage | 268133 | 268133 | 2 }}
! 284,275
! {{Percentage | 284275 | 284275 | 2 }}
! 316,757
! {{Percentage | 316757 | 316757 | 2 }}
! 378,380
! {{Percentage | 378380 | 378380 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note1: [[British Punjab province]] era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province region]] during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.<br><br>Note2: [[British Punjab province]] era figures are for [[Kapurthala State]].}}
|}

=== Language ===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Kapurthala district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value1 = 91.20 |color1 = pink
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 7.23 |color2 = orange
|label3 = Others |value3 = 1.57 |color3 = grey
|thumb=left}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 91.20% of the population spoke [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and 7.23% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Punjab |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10219/download/13331/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0300.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Economy==
The income of [[Municipalities]] and [[Municipal corporations]] in Kapurthala district from municipal rates and taxes in the year 2018 was 459,777 thousand rupees.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://punjab.data.gov.in/resource/district-wise-income-municipalitiescorporations-punjab-municipal-rates-and-taxes-punjab | title = District-wise Income of Municipalities/Corporations in Punjab from Municipal Rates and Taxes in Punjab from 1968 to 2018 (As on March) | date = 8 July 2020 | access-date = 1 October 2024 }}</ref>

In 2010–11, there were 4,305 registered Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) units in Kapurthala district, which provided employment to 22,678 people. There were 5 registered Medium and Large industrial units, which provided employment to 17,000 people.<ref>[https://dcmsme.gov.in/old/dips/Kapurthala.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwigw_v4we6FAxX49DgGHbjoDGwQFnoECGUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw19qEJBplRwWyUuEUzgHhQD "Brief Industrial Profile of Kapurthala District"], MSME Development Institute, Government of India, Ministry of MSME, Table 3.2.</ref> In February 2023, Kapurthala district was declared second best across Punjab in giving timely approval to new industries and promoting investment by creating good environment for the establishment of new commercial industrial units.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2023 |title=Kapurthala 2nd best in timely approvals for new industries |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/kapurthala-2nd-best-in-timely-approvals-for-new-industries-483273/ |website=The Tribune}}</ref>

==Health==
According to the National Blindness and Visual Survey India 2015–19, 11.53% people in Kapurthala district above the age of 50 were [[visually impaired]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1808234|title=Measures Taken to Control Blindness Cases - Annexure-I|date=22 March 2022|publisher=Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|website=pib.gov.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120143341/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1808234|archive-date=20 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2023, Parhar hospital in [[Phagwara]] became the first hospital in Punjab to get advanced technology for [[Robot-assisted surgery|Robot Joint Replacement Surgeries]].<ref>[https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/national/news/parhar-hospital-becomes-punjabs-first-fully-automatic-robotic-surgery-center-192903 "Parhar Hospital becomes Punjab's first fully automatic robotic surgery center"] – Punjab News Express, by
Ashok Kaura, 21 December 2022.</ref>

The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Kapurthala, as of year 2020.

{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+ District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Kapurthala, year 2020
<ref name="ebrary">{{cite web|url=https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/api/collection/p15738coll2/id/131901/download|title=District Nutrition Profile - Kapurthala, Punjab|publisher=Poshan|website=ebrary.ifpri.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211042249/https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/api/collection/p15738coll2/id/131901/download|archive-date=11 December 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Indicators!!Number of children (<5 years)!! Percent (2020)!! Percent (2016)
|-
|Stunted||13,534||28%||35%
|-
|Wasted||4,931||10%||23%
|-
|Severely wasted||1,328||3%||11%
|-
|Underweight||9,973||21%||27%
|-
|Overweight/obesity||1,313||3%||1%
|-
|Anemia||32,889||76%||61%
|-
|Total children||48,111||||
|}

The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Kapurthala of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2020.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+District nutritional profile of Kapurthala of women of 15–49 years, in 2020<ref name="ebrary"/>
!Indicators!!Number of women (15–49 years)!! Percent (2020)!!Percent (2016)
|-
|Underweight (BMI <18.5&nbsp;kg/m^2)||31,663||16%||11%
|-
|Overweight/obesity||76,581||39%||24%
|-
|Hypertension||50,788||26%||12%
|-
|Diabetes||29,369||15%||NA
|-
|Anemia (non-preg)||123,249||63%||43%
|-
|Anemia (preg)||6,298||58%||27%
|-
|Total women (preg)||10,907||||
|-
|Total women||194,368||||
|}

The table below shows the current use of family planning methods by currently married women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Kapurthala district.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Family planning methods used by women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Kapurthala district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rchiips.org/nfhs/FCTS/PB/PB_FactSheet_36_Kapurthala.pdf|title=National Familty Health Survey - 4, 2015-16 - District Fact Sheet - Kapurthala, Punjab|publisher=Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|website=rchiips.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503115939/http://rchiips.org/nfhs/FCTS/PB/PB_FactSheet_36_Kapurthala.pdf|archive-date=3 May 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Method!!Total (2019–21)!! Total (2015–16)!!Urban (2015–16)!!Rural (2015–16)
|-
|Female sterilization||22.1%||40.4%||37.8%||41.9%
|-
|Male sterilization||0.8%||0.7%||1.4%||0.3%
|-
|IUD/PPIUD||1.6%||4.3%||6.0%||3.4%
|-
|Pill||1.6%||1.9%||1.9%||1.9%
|-
|Condom||20.5%||17.6%||20.6%||15.9%
|-
|Any modern method||47.2%|| 65.0%||67.6%||63.5%
|-
|Any method||61.0%||70.0%||71.7%||69.1%
|-
|Total unmet need||13.4%||8.2%||7.8%||8.5%
|-
|Unmet need for spacing||4.4%||1.5%||2.0%||1.2%
|}

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Kapurthala district by year.

{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+Road accidents and people affected in Kapurthala district by year<ref>{{cite web | url =https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/road-accidents-punjab | title = Road Accidents in Punjab | website = punjab.data.gov.in | date = 21 January 2022 | access-date = 1 October 2024 }}</ref>
!Year!!Accidents!!Killed!!Injured!!Vehicles Involved
|-
|2022||136||118||62||185
|-
|2021||134||102||38||148
|-
|2020||144||121||65||122
|-
|2019||213||184||81||158
|}

== Politics ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No.
! Constituency
! Name of MLA
! colspan="2" | Party
!Bench
|-
!26
|[[Bholath Assembly constituency|Bholath]]
| [[Sukhpal Singh Khaira]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Opposition
|-
!27
|[[Kapurthala Assembly constituency|Kapurthala]]
| [[Rana Gurjeet Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Opposition
|-
!28
|[[Sultanpur Lodhi Assembly constituency|Sultanpur Lodhi]]
| [[Rana Inder Pratap Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|Opposition
|-
!29
|[[Phagwara Assembly constituency|Phagwara]] (SC)
|Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Opposition
|}

==Notable people==
*[[Kartar Singh Thind]], a [[botanist]]
*[[Purshottam Das Jalota]], a classical and devotional music singer, best known for his [[bhajans]] and receiver of [[Padam Shri]] award

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Kapurthala district}}
*{{Official website|http://www.kapurthala.gov.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kapurthala district (West)
|North = [[Gurdaspur district]]
|Northeast = [[Hoshiarpur district]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Jalandhar district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Firozpur district]]
|West = [[Taran Taran district]]
|Northwest = [[Amritsar district]]
}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kapurthala district (East)
|North =
|Northeast = [[Hoshiarpur district]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district]]
|South =
|Southwest =
|West = [[Jalandhar district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Kapurthala district}}
{{Punjab (India)}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Districts of Punjab, India]]

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