Moonak

The Moonak has population of 18,141 of which 9,475 are males while 8,666 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. The population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2325 which is 12.82% of total population of Moonak. In Moonak, Female Sex Ratio is of 915 against state average of 895. Moreover, child sex ratio in Moonak is around 863 compared to Punjab state average of 846. The literacy rate of thd town is 67.68%, which is lower than state average of 75.84%. While male literacy is around 73.54% and female literacy rate is 61.33%.

Moonak was originally known as Akalgarh. There is an old fort 'Qila Mubarik' said to have been built in the Muslim period. In the fort, there was a well whose water was not good for health hardened prisoners of Patiala State were sent to this place where they died after a few days. The town is a Tehsil of the Sangrur district. It is surrounded by Ghaggar, a seasonal river which causes floods during monsoon. It caused havoc in 1988, 1992, 2011, 2015 and 2019 leading to severe floods loss of crops, death and destruction in and around the areas. A long pending demand of people is pending for its deepening.

Moonak has similar climate like other places in North India. It has profile of semi-arid climate. During the months of June and July, the temperature rises upto 44 °C. In December and January, the temperature falls to around 10 °C. In monsoons, Moonak receives average rainfall.

Most of the population depends on agriculture and farming. There are also some small scale industries:

• Incense manufacturing
• Agriculture machine manufacturing
• Wine and whiskey making
• PVC pipe manufacturing
• Fertilizer factory
• Rice mills
• Brick making

• Gurbachan Singh Talib - author- Conferred with Padma Bhushan in 1985

• Pattran
• Khanauri
• Sunam
• Lehragaga
• Jakhal Mandi
• Tohana