8 5 ▁square ▁kilometres . ▁According ▁to ▁area , ▁Bath inda ▁District ▁is ▁the ▁third ▁largest ▁in ▁P un j ab ▁( after ▁Lud h iana ▁District ▁and ▁Sang r ur ▁District ). ▁It ▁is ▁bounded ▁by ▁Far id k ot ▁district ▁and ▁M oga ▁district ▁on ▁the ▁north , ▁M uk ats ar ▁district ▁on ▁the ▁west , ▁Bar n ala ▁and ▁Mans a ▁districts ▁on ▁the ▁east , ▁and ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁H ary ana ▁on ▁the ▁south . ▁Bath inda ▁is ▁cot ton ▁producing ▁bel t ▁of ▁P un j ab . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁district ▁of ▁Bath inda ▁came ▁into ▁existence ▁with ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁P E PS U ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁ ▁It ▁had ▁its ▁headquarters ▁at ▁Far id k ot , ▁which ▁were ▁shift ed ▁to ▁Bath inda ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 . ▁ ▁Dem ography ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁census ▁Bath inda ▁district ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 , 3 8 8 , 5 2 5 , ▁roughly ▁equal ▁to ▁the ▁nation ▁of ▁Sw az il and ▁or ▁the ▁US ▁state ▁of ▁Hawai i . ▁This ▁gives ▁it ▁a ▁ranking ▁of ▁ 3 5 2 nd ▁in ▁India ▁( out ▁of ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 6 4 0 ). ▁The ▁district ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁density ▁of ▁ ▁. ▁Its ▁population ▁growth ▁rate ▁over ▁the ▁de cade ▁ 2 0 0 1 – 2 0 1 1 ▁was ▁ 1 7 . 3 7