About Moga

About Moga

Moga is the Proud City of Punjab, situated in the center of Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar & Kotkapura. is the 17th District drawn on the map of Punjab State on 24th day of November 1995. Before this, Moga was the sub-division of Faridkot District. Moga town the head quarter of the District is situated on Ferozpur-Ludhiana road. Moga district has the proud of being the birth place of Lala Lajpat Rai Ji, the great freedom fighters.His native village Dhudhike falls in Moga District. The district of Moga covers an area of 2209 sq. km. Moga is located on the Ferozpur – Ludhiana road. The district has a large population of 88,63,13 with 63.94% of literate population. Moga has many places of tourist attractions like:Dina Sahib Gurdwara, Geeta Bhawan Temple, Kashmiri Park and Nehru Park . Most of the people of this district are agriculturists. However, Moga has many industries, also like the Nestle Moga food processing plant and Fortune Drugs.

Geography

Moga is located at 30.8°N 75.17°E. It has an average elevation of 217 metres (711 feet).Moga district is bordered by Jalandhar district in the north, Ludhiana district in the East, Sangrur in the South and Faridkot and Ferozpur in the West. It stretches between longitude 75 degree – 15, 75 degree – 25 east and latitude 30 degree – 35 and 31 degree 15 North. It spreads over an area on 2230 km2, which comes to 4.42 % of the Punjab State. The average annual rainfall of district was 234.5 mm by the year 1999.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, the town of Moga had a population of 124,624. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Moga has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 66%. In Moga, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Sikhs roughly make up 90% of the Moga population. The Sidhu, Brar and Gill clan dominates most of Moga, Bathinda, Faridkot, Ferozpur, Mansa, and all of the west part of Ludhiana.
By the provisional figures of same 2001 census the Moga District ranks 11th with in Punjab with a population of about 886313, which is 3.65 percent of the total population of Punjab State. There are 883 females per thousand male in Moga district by census 2001, which is one less than found in 1991 census, that was 884. Although rate of population growth is low but the density of population has increased, which is 400 per km2. as compared to 351 by 1991 census. In Moga District 63.94 percent population is literate , whereas the rate for male & female literacy is 68.40 & 58.96 percent respectively.

Religion and Culture

Sikhism is the predominant religion in the district.The district has the highest percentage of sikh population among all the districts of punjab. According to 2001 census sikhs form around 87.5% of the total population in moga with Hindus, dev smajis, nanakpanthis, dera sacha Saudis and ravidasis forming the remainder. The 2009 estimates shows sikh population around 90% due to migration of the urban Hindu population to major cities in punjab.