Sangrur has been reduced twice, by Barnala in 2006 and Malerkotla in 2021. Its tehsils include Sangrur, Sunam, Dhuri, Moonak and Lehragaga.
It was the capital of Jind state from 1827 and holds the Banasar Bagh, the clock tower and the state's buildings.
It holds Sunam, the town of Udham Singh; Longowal, the village of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal; and Banbhaura, the village of the writer Mohan Bhandari.
It records the highest farmer suicide figures in Punjab in the state's own surveys, and it is at the tail of the canal system with a falling water table.
The Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Committee's common land campaign began in this district.
What is not recorded: the Jind state records and the condition of its buildings, and a proper accounting of the district's agrarian distress beyond aggregate suicide counts.
Sunam is the town of Shaheed Udham Singh Ji, who shot Michael O'Dwyer in London in 1940. The district carries his name in its official designation.
Longowal is the village of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, who signed the accord of 1985 and was shot dead at Sherpur in this district weeks later.
Dhuri has a cement works and a rail junction, Lehragaga and Moonak sit at the tail of the canal, and the district's manufacturing is thin enough that the mandi and the government job are what its towns run on.