List of districts of Punjab, India

A district of the Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, 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.

All the 22 districts of Punjab along with their headquarters as of 2016.

Overview

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 Service 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 Punjab Forest Service and Punjab Wildlife Service.

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[1] District Headquarters Population (2011) Area (km²)[2] Density (/km²) Official website Highlighted Map
1 AMAmritsarAmritsar2,490,8912,647932amritsar.nic.in
2 BNLBarnalaBarnala596,2941,410419barnala.gov.in
3 BABathindaBathinda1,388,8593,385414bathinda.nic.in
4 FRFaridkotFaridkot618,0081,469424faridkot.nic.in
5 FTFatehgarh SahibFatehgarh Sahib599,8141,180508fatehgarhsahib.nic.in
6 FIFirozpurFirozpur965,3372,190182ferozpur.nic.in
7 FAFazilka[3]Fazilka1,180,4833,113379fazilka.nic.in
8 GUGurdaspurGurdaspur2,299,0262,635649gurdaspur.nic.in
9 HOHoshiarpurHoshiarpur1,582,7933,365466hoshiarpur.nic.in
10 JAJalandharJalandhar2,181,7532,632831jalandhar.nic.in
11 KAKapurthalaKapurthala817,6681,632501kapurthala.nic.in
12 LULudhianaLudhiana3,487,8823,767975ludhiana.nic.in
13 MAMansaMansa768,8082,171350mansa.nic.in
14 MOMogaMoga992,2892,216444moga.nic.in
15 MUSri Muktsar SahibSri Muktsar Sahib902,7022,615348muktsar.nic.in
16 PAPathankotPathankot676,598929728pathankot.gov.in
17 PAPatialaPatiala1,892,2823,218596patiala.nic.in
18 RURupnagarRupnagar683,3491,369488rupnagar.nic.in
19 SASSahibzada Ajit Singh NagarMohali986,1471,093830sasnagar.gov.in
20 SASangrurSangrur1,654,4083,685449sangrur.nic.in
21 NSShahid Bhagat Singh NagarNawanshahr614,3621,267478nawanshahr.nic.in
22 TTTarn TaranTarn Taran Sahib1,120,0702,449464tarntaran.gov.in

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Districts of Punjab - Area & Population". Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. Fazilka district was formed in 2011, no data in census 2011 on this district

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