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|+ Religion in Sirsa District (1941)

|-

! Religion

! Population (1941)

! Percentage (1941)

|-

| Hinduism 15px

| 98,161

|

|-

| Islam 15px

| 78,048

|

|-

| Sikhism 15px

| 36,657

|

|-

| Christianity 15px

| 420

|

|-

| Others

| 1,118

|

|-

| Total Population

| 214,404

|

|}

Languages

Hindi is the official language of the district, while Punjabi and English serve as additional official languages. Punjabi is also the most spoken language of the district.

!|1961

!|1991

!|2001

!2011

|-

| 1

! Punjabi

| 57.00%

| —

| 35.54%

| 33.42%

| 41.47%

|-

| 2

! Hindi

| —

| —

| 65.34%

| 65.94%

| 58.03%

|-

| 3

! Urdu

| —

| —

| 0.02%

| 0.07%

| 0.47%

|-

| —

! Hindustani

| 43.00%

| —

| —

| —

|—

|-

| —

! Other

| —

| —

| 0.10%

| 0.57%

|1.36%

|}

Notable people from Sirsa district

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  • Barinder Sran - Indian cricketer
  • Devi Lal - former Deputy Prime Minister of India, former Chief Minister of Haryana
  • Harpal Singh - Indian former field hockey player
  • Ganeshi Lal - Governor of Odisha
  • Gajendra Verma - singer, composer, lyricist
  • Gopal Kanda - businessman and politician, member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
  • Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - head of Dera Sacha Sauda
  • Hari Singh Dilbar - Punjabi language poet
  • Jagdish Nehra - former Education and Irrigation Minister
  • Jaswinder Brar - Punjabi folk singer
  • Maninder Buttar - Punjabi Singer
  • Manmohan Singh - director, cinematographer, singer in Hindi & Punjabi movies
  • Om Prakash Chautala - former Chief Minister of Haryana
  • Rupinder Handa - Punjabi singer
  • Sardara Singh - former Indian hockey team Captain
  • Satwant Kaur - Bollywood and Punjabi actress
  • Savita Punia - national hockey player
  • Sunil Grover - comedian and actor
  • Vikram Singh - music producer - composer

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References

  • Sirsa District- Sirsa district official Government website