Sangrur

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Sangrur

Total population

88,043

Elevation237 m

Coordinates30.24°, 75.84°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Sangrur is a city in the Indian state of Punjab, India. It is the headquarters of Sangrur district.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A

Ajmer Singh

Olympic athlete (1940–2010)

R

Ram Sarup Ankhi

Sahitya Akademi Award winner Punjabi writer/novelist/poet (1932–2010)

Amarjeet Sohi

Canadian politician

Amritpal Singh

Indian long jumper

G

Giani Gurdit Singh

Indian journalist (1923–2007)

Harvinder Singh Phoolka

Politician from Punjab, India

Harbaksh Singh

Recipient of Vir Chakra (1913–1999)

Hira Singh of Nabha

maharaja of Nabha (1843-1911)

I

Inder M Verma

American–Indian academic; PNAS editor-in-chief

M

Megh R. Goyal

engineer

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

Indian politician

Devendra Satyarthi

Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature

S

Sant Ram Udasi

Punjabi poet

Dhaval Dhairyawan

Indian photographer

G.K.Singh

Indian civil servant

Parminder Singh Dhindsa

Politician from Punjab, India

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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  7689.1 mi away · pop. 9,224
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  7689.4 mi away
• Aldeia Forte
  7689.4 mi away
• Aldeia do Galego
  7689.8 mi away
• Aldeia São Francisco
  7690.2 mi away
• Tapuio
  7691 mi away
• Camurupim
  7691.2 mi away
• Barra do Mamanguape
  7691.2 mi away
• Lagoa de Praia
  7691.7 mi away
• Aldeia Laranjeira
  7692 mi away
• Praia de Campina
  7692.1 mi away
• Lucena
  7692.3 mi away · pop. 12,560

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Sangrur

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Oleander Hawkmoth

Daphnis nerii

Seen 2025-12-07

cutleaf groundcherry

Physalis angulata

Seen 2025-06-24

Common guava

Psidium guajava

Seen 2021-10-04

Lime Swallowtail

Papilio demoleus

Seen 2020-09-26

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Seen 2020-01-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Sangrur, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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