Mansa district presents a striking contrast of strong female administrative leadership alongside declining gender metrics. Despite holding one of the lowest sex ratios at birth in the state, a significant number of women occupy key governance and administrative positions across the district.According to official data, Mansa’s sex ratio at birth dropped to 906 females per 1,000 males in 2025, down from 921 in 2024. In contrast, the state’s overall sex ratio at birth saw a marginal improvement from 922 to 923 during the same period.Currently, women helm several critical administration, law and education portfolios in the district. Key officers serving in Mansa include: Deputy Commissioner Navjot Kaur, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Poonam Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Kritika Goyal, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Baljit Kaur, District Development and Panchayats Officer (DDPO) Kavita Garg, District Programme Officer (DPO) Khushpreet Kaur, District Education Officers Neelam Rani (Secondary) and Manju Bala (Elementary), Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Rajwinder Kaur, Mansa (City-2) SHO Inspector Beant Kaur.Additionally, Bathinda MP and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal represents the constituency for her fourth term.The district has also recorded notable administrative milestones. Mansa ranked first in the state for the digitisation of enumeration forms during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Highlighting further achievements, Deputy Commissioner Navjot Kaur noted that the district secured third position statewide in the Digital Crop Survey for Rabi 2025-26. Mansa also placed first by declaring 15 villages open defecation free (ODF) model plus during 2025-26, and achieved top ranking for timely grievance redressal on the Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) portal. Furthermore, it ranked among the top three for citizen service delivery via the e-Sewa portal and secured third place in non-communicable diseases (NCD) screening for hypertension and diabetes.