Sarkad District

Sarkad (Sarkadi járás; Districtul Șercad) is a district in north-eastern part of Békés County. Sarkad is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography
Sarkad District borders with Berettyóújfalu District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the north, the Romanian county of Bihor to the east, Gyula District to the south, Békéscsaba District, Békés District and Szeghalom District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Sarkad District is 11.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Biharugra (839)

• Geszt (754)

• Körösnagyharsány (550)

• Kötegyán (1,355)

• Méhkerék (2,033)

• Mezőgyán (1,042)

• Okány (2,547)

• Sarkad (10,011) – district seat

• Sarkadkeresztúr (1,495)

• Újszalonta (98)

• Zsadány (1,639) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 22,908 and the population density was 40/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian and Roma (approx. 2,000).

Total population (2011 census): 22,908 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 23,700 persons: Approx. 1,000 persons in Sarkad District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 19,758 (83.37%)
 * Romanians: 1,940 (8.19%)
 * Gypsies: 1,821 (7.68%)
 * Others and indefinable: 181 (0.76%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Reformed – 7,429;
 * Catholic – 1,432 (Roman Catholic – 1,360; Greek Catholic – 72);
 * Orthodox – 1,200;
 * Evangelical – 76;
 * other religions – 846;
 * Non-religious – 6,932;
 * Atheism – 214;
 * Undeclared – 4,779.