Malerkotla district

 Malerkotla district is a district in Punjab state of India. It was formed after the bifurcation of Sangrur district. Malerkotla district was carved out of Sangrur and became the 23rd district of Punjab on 02 June, 2021. District Malerkotla is divided into three subdivisions: Malerkotla, Amargarh and Ahmedgarh.

History
Malerkotla was Malerkotla State a princely state from 1454 until 20 August 1948 when it became a part of Patiala and East Punjab States Union. It was merged with Punjab in 1956 and became a part of the Sangrur district.

Administration
Malerkotla district is in the state of Punjab in northern India. It is the 23rd district in the Indian state of Punjab. The district was carved out of Sangrur district on 14 May, 2021. Subdivisions of Malerkotla, Ahmedgarh and the sub-tehsil of Amargarh are part of the district.

Population
Malerkotla district has a population of 429,754 according to the 2011 census. It has an area of 684 Sq Km. It has 3 revenue divisions, municipalities & CD Blocks. There are 175 Gram Panchayats & 192 villages. 40.50% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 93,047 (21.65%) of the population.

Religion
Sikhism is the majority religion, and is mainly rural. Unlike the rest of erstwhile Punjab, the Muslims of Malerkotla did not move to Pakistan during Partition and Malerkotla still has a sizeable minority of Muslims. Hindus are the third-largest community in urban areas.

Language
At the time of the 2011 census, 96.69% of the population spoke Punjabi and 3.21% Urdu as their first language.

Politics
Malerkotla district is part of the Malerkotla Assembly constituency. Mohammad Jamil Ur Rehman (AAP) is the MLA since 2022.

The district is part of the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency. By-election to Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency was held on 23 June 2022 and Simranjit Singh Mann was selected as the MP.

Notable people

 * Qimat Rai Gupta, an entrepreneur, and founder, former chairman and managing director of Havells, a global electrical company
 * Tarlochan Singh Kler, an interventional cardiologist, medical administrator, writer, chairman at Fortis Heart and Vascular Institute, and receiver of Padam Bhushan award