List of districts of Punjab, India

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23 districts of Punjab along with their headquarters as of 2023. Punjab district map.png
23 districts of Punjab along with their headquarters as of 2023.

A district of the Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The District Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Punjab Civil Service and other state services. There are 23 Districts in Punjab, after Malerkotla district bifurcated from Sangrur district as the 23rd district on 14 May 2021. [1]

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Senior Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues in the districts of the state. He is assisted by the officers of the Punjab Police and other services.

Division Forest Officer, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the forests, environment and wildlife related issues of the districts. He is assisted by the officers of the Department of Forest and Wildlife.

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development sector such as Irrigation, PwD (Public works department), Agriculture, Health, Education, Animal husbandry, etc. These offices belong to various state services.

List

S. No.Code [2] DistrictHeadquartersPopulation (2011)Area (km2) [3] Density (/km2)Highlighted Map
1AM Amritsar Amritsar 2,490,8912,647932 Amritsar in Punjab (India).svg
2BNL Barnala Barnala 596,2941,410419 Barnala in Punjab (India).svg
3BA Bathinda Bathinda 1,388,8593,385414 Bathinda in Punjab (India).svg
4FR Faridkot Faridkot 618,0081,469424 Faridkot in Punjab (India).svg
5FT Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib 599,8141,180508 Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab (India).svg
6FI Firozpur Firozpur 965,3372,190440 Firozpur in Punjab (India).svg
7FA Fazilka [4] Fazilka 1,180,4833,113379 Fazilka in Punjab (India).svg
8GU Gurdaspur Gurdaspur 2,299,0262,635649 Gurdaspur in Punjab (India).svg
9HO Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur 1,582,7933,365466 India - Punjab - Hoshiarpur.svg
10JA Jalandhar Jalandhar 2,181,7532,632831 India - Punjab - Jalandhar.svg
11KA Kapurthala Kapurthala 817,6681,632501 India - Punjab - Kapurthala.svg
12LU Ludhiana Ludhiana 3,487,8823,767975 India - Punjab - Ludhiana.svg
13ML Malerkotla Malerkotla 452,016837540
Malerkotla in Punjab (India).svg
14MA Mansa Mansa 768,8082,171350 India - Punjab - Mansa.svg
15MO Moga Moga 992,2892,216444 India - Punjab - Moga.svg
16MU Sri Muktsar Sahib Sri Muktsar Sahib 902,7022,615348 India - Punjab - Muktsar.svg
17PA Pathankot Pathankot 676,598929728 India - Punjab - Pathankot.svg
18PA Patiala Patiala 1,892,2823,218596 India - Punjab - Patiala.svg
19RU Rupnagar Rupnagar 683,3491,369488 Rupnagar in Punjab (India).svg
20SAS Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali 986,1471,093830 India - Punjab - Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar.svg
21SA Sangrur Sangrur 1,203,1532,848422 India - Punjab - Sangrur.svg
22NS Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Nawanshahr 614,3621,267478 Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab (India).svg
23TT Tarn Taran Tarn Taran Sahib 1,120,0702,449464 India - Punjab - Tarn Taran.svg

References

  1. "Malerkotla to be Punjab's 23rd district; Capt Amarinder's Eid gift". The Tribune . 14 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2" (PDF). Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 18 August 2004. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original (PDFi) on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  3. "Districts of Punjab - Area & Population" . Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. Fazilka district was formed in 2011, no data in census 2011 on this district

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