List of districts of Punjab, India

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]

Overview

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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

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S. No. Code[2] District Headquarters Population (2011) Area (km2)[3] Density (/km2) Highlighted Map
1 AM Amritsar Amritsar 2,490,891 2,647 932
2 BNL Barnala Barnala 596,294 1,410 419
3 BA Bathinda Bathinda 1,388,859 3,385 414
4 FR Faridkot Faridkot 618,008 1,469 424
5 FT Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib 599,814 1,180 508
6 FI Firozpur Firozpur 965,337 2,190 440
7 FA Fazilka[4] Fazilka 1,180,483 3,113 379
8 GU Gurdaspur Gurdaspur 2,299,026 2,635 649
9 HO Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur 1,582,793 3,365 466
10 JA Jalandhar Jalandhar 2,181,753 2,632 831
11 KA Kapurthala Kapurthala 817,668 1,632 501
12 LU Ludhiana Ludhiana 3,487,882 3,767 975
13 ML Malerkotla Malerkotla 452,016 837 540
14 MA Mansa Mansa 768,808 2,171 350
15 MO Moga Moga 992,289 2,216 444
16 MU Sri Muktsar Sahib Sri Muktsar Sahib 902,702 2,615 348
17 PA Pathankot Pathankot 676,598 929 728
18 PA Patiala Patiala 1,892,282 3,218 596
19 RU Rupnagar Rupnagar 683,349 1,369 488
20 SAS Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali 986,147 1,093 830
21 SA Sangrur Sangrur 1,203,153 2,848 422
22 NS Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Nawanshahr 614,362 1,267 478
23 TT Tarn Taran Tarn Taran Sahib 1,120,070 2,449 464


References

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  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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