Moga district General information

Introduction

Moga District 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. Area of Dharamkot block with 150 villages has been emerged in Moga district vide. Pb. Govt. notification No. 2/36/98-R.E. 2(1) 6408 dated 5-11-99.
 
Location & Geography

Moga District falls under the jurisdiction of Ferozpur division. Its boundaries touch the boundaries of Jalandhar district in north, Ludhiana district in East, Sangrur in South and Faridkot & Ferozpur in 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 km which comes to 4.42 % of the Punjab State. The average annual rainfall of district was 234.5 mm by the year 1999.
 
Demography

By the provisional figures of 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 sq. km. as compared to 351 by 1991 census.
In Moga District 63.94 percent population is literate , where as the rate for male & female literacy is 68.40 & 58.96 respectively.

Religion and Culture

Sikhism is the predominant religion in the district. Moga also has headquarters of Dev Samaji sect of Hinduism[4]. Like most other towns of India, Moga has a traditional, rural setup with continuous advancement towards urbanization.

Industry

Nestle dairy plant established in 1961, located on the west border of the town of Moga, is one if the most prestigious and hi-tech milk plant in the country.. The plant procures dairy milk from the local farmers and also provides executive, technical and blue collar jobs to the local population.

The main occupation of the region is agriculture. Other main industries include cold stores and trucking. Moga is also known for its custom jeep trimming industry. More industry is located on the east side of the town in Focal Point.

Places of interest

# 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 Religious and Historical Gurdwaras, named as : Mehdeyana Sahib, Dina Sahib, Takhtupura and lopon are located at block Nihal Singh Wala, Whereas Daroli Bhai located in block MogaII.
# Geeta Bhawan a great temple is also at South of Moga City.
# Moga has parks known as Kashmiri Park and Nehru Park which adds to the beauty of Moga District.
# Nestle Moga is an International level factory. This factory is as food processing Plant of its own kind in North India.
Nestle Pvt. Ltd.
# Morinda Oversees, Ajitwal
# Fortune Drugs Pvt. Mehmewala Road Moga
# Skylark, Mehna etc.