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Faridkot has been named after the great Sufi Saint Baba Sheik Fariduddin Ganjshakar, whose verses are mentioned in Shri Guru Granth Sahib the holy book of Sikh religion.

Faridkot is the latest in the series of districts created by Punjab Government by re-orienting parts of the adjoining Moga, Shri Muktsar Sahib, and Bathinda districts. The district with an area of 1468.75 Sq. Km. has the unique distinction of being one of the smallest districts in the state. The areal extent of Faridkot district is confined within northern latitudes of 29⁰54’00” to 34⁰54’00” and the eastern longitudes of 74⁰15’ 00” to 75⁰25’ 00” located in the southwestern parts of Punjab state with Faridkot city as its district headquarters.

Faridkot district shares common boundaries with Moga, Bathinda district in the east, Firozpur district in the North and West and Muktsar district in the south. It is located in the Malwa region of the state. It is elevated at 204.33 m amsl. The district headquarters Faridkot, is connected with Ferozpur and Bhatinda by broad gauge railway line and by metaled road. The entire districts has a good network of metaled roads connecting all the villages.

Total Population of the district, as per the 2011 Census, was 6,18,008 out of which 3,27,121 were males and the remaining 2,90,887 were females. The total rural population in the district was 2,17,514 and the urban population was 4,00,494.The population density is 424 persons per sq.km against the state average of 550 persons per sq.km.

The climate of the district is classified as sub-tropical steppee,semi arid and hot which is mainly dry except in rainy months and characterized by intensely hot summer and cold winter. During three months of monsoon season from July to September the moist air of oceanic origin penetrate into the district and causes high humidity, cloudiness and monsoon rainfall. The period from October to November constitutes post monsoon season. The cold weather season prevails from December to February followed by the hot weather season or Pre-monsoon season which ends upto the last week of June.

Latitude	Longitude	Altitude
30⁰ 40’12.00’’ N	74⁰45’00.00’’ E	224m
Agro Ecological Sub Region
Northern Plain (And Central Highlands) Including Aravallis, Hot Semi-Arid Eco-Region (4.1) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathiawar Peninsula, Hot Arid Eco-Region (2.3)
Rainfall in mm

1970	1980	1990	2000	2008	2009	2010
499.2	511.4	567.8	256.5	520.6	500.5	459.0

Landuse Pattern of the district Area ('000 ha)
Geographical Area	Cultivable Area	Forest Area	Land under Non-Agricultural Use	Permanent Pastures	Cultivable Wasteland	Land Under Misc. Tree Crops and Groves	Barren and Uncultivable Land	Current Fallow	Other Fallow
144	128	2	17	-	-	-	-	-	-

Major Soils
Major Soils	Area('000 ha)	Per Cent % of Total
Coarse Loamy	36	25
Coarse Loamy and Fine Loamy Associations	72	50
Fine Loamy Associations	36	25
Agriculture Landuse
Agriculture Landuse	Area('000 ha)	Cropping Intensity %
Agriculture Landuse	Area('000 ha)	197
Net Sown Area	128
Area Sown more than Once	124
Gross Cropped Area	252

Irrigation
Irrigation	Area('000 ha)
Net Irrigated Area	128
Gross Irrigated Area	251.8

Source of Irrigation	Numbers	Area('000 ha)
Canals(40% area is canal irrigated)		108
Bore Wells	27945	20
Total Irrigated Area		128

Area under major field crops & horticulture(2008-2009)
Crops	Area('000 ha)
Rice	95
Wheat	118
Cotton	20
Moongbean	0.7
Horticulture crops - Fruits
Fruits	Area('000 ha)
Kinnow	0.57
Orange & Malta	0.09
Guava	0.37
Ber	0.12
Horticulture crops -Vegetables
Vegetables	Area('000 ha)
Potato	0.28
Onion	0.01
Other Winter Vegetable	0.28
Other Summer Vegetable	0.27

Livestock
Livestock (in number)	Male('000)	Female('000)	Total('000)
Non descriptive Cattle (local low yielding)	7.2	8.4	15.6
Crossbred cattle	3.9	27.6	31.5
Non descriptive Buffaloes (local low yielding)	0.3	2.6	2.9
Graded Buffaloes	8.0	115.1	123.1
Goat	2.2	9.2	11.4
Sheep	1.3	6.03	7.3
Others Equine (Horse &Pony)	0.4	0.9	1.4
Commercial dairy farms (Number)	-	-	0.06

Poultry
Poultry	No. of Farms	Total No. of Birds('000)
Commercial	27	99.1
Backyard	-	8.04

Fisheries (Data source: Chief Planning Officer of district)
Inland (Data Source: Fisheries Department)	No. Farmer owned ponds	No. of Reservoirs	No. of village tanks
	42	-	337
Culture	Water Spread Area (ha)	Yield (t/ha)	Production (‘000 tons)
Brackish water (Data Source: MPEDA/ Fisheries Department)	425.0	6.45	2.74

Production and Productivity of major crops
Major Crops	Production('000 t)	Productivity (kg/ha)
Rice	41400	4357
Wheat	55000	4664
Cotton	1392	696
Moongbean	60	-
Major Horticultural Crops
Horticultural Crops	Production('000 t)	Productivity (kg/ha)
Kinnow	1156000	22540
Orange & Malta	74200	7920
Guava	760000	21152
Ber	198600	17144

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