Punjab is one of the most populous and culturally diverse regions of India. Punjab is the largest state in India. Twenty-two districts of Punjab are there, according to the Punjab census 2011. According to the Punjab census, 2011, the population of Punjab district wise, religion, language spoken, others. Ludhiana is the most populated district in the Punjab state, and Barnala is the least populated district. Firozpur is the largest district in the Punjab state with 2,190 sq km, while Kapurthala is the smallest district with 1,633 sq km. Punjab ranks 16th in India population-wise according to the census 2011.
Indian State Punjab Geographical Structure:-
Earlier, Punjab was one of India’s most fertile and economically fertile states. Mainly Punjab consists of two parts. The larger chunk consists of the plains half covered by the alluvial Aravalli hills along its southern border. The smaller part lies south of the hills and is called Punjab Plain. This area is dominated by winds blowing the desert wastes of Rajasthan towards the East.
The most populous of Indo-Gangetic Plains, with a vast area in the northwestern region comprising ~3.5% of India. It is largely agricultural, having the richest black soil (in North) and sandy soil (in South), producing rice, wheat, cotton, and sugarcane with irrigation facilities and related to the Indus River; its course through Punjab, Sindh Province, and Baluchistan is called the Indus riverine tract.
Punjab is a beautiful place in the north of India. Pakistan borders this place in the west, Jammu and Kashmir on the northern side, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana on the eastern side. Haryana and Rajasthan are on the southern side of it. Punjab is one of the most fertile lands in the world. There are so many districts that come under the name of Punjab.
Punjab is the second-largest and one of the most prosperous states in India. It was created on 1st November 1966. Punjab is a well-known province in India with comparatively higher industrial development in its various districts. The Provincial capital of Punjab is Chandigarh, which the Union Government gave different official status in 1966. The picturesque city lies between the 1000-foot Shivaliks (Himalayas) and the 800-foot Aravalis (sub-mountain range).
The state is divided into 21 districts of Punjab and five autonomous districts (Ningol Lok Sabha constituency, Zila Parishad seats) with an elected legislature using proportional representation for its unicameral state legislative assembly. Punjab has multiple rivers, including the Beas River and Ravi River, the tributaries of the Sutlej River, which ultimately flows into the Arabian Sea near Pakistan. The Beas River is one of Punjab’s only two rivers that flow from India to Pakistan.
The list of districts of Punjab in the Punjab census 2011 and population of Punjab district wise as follows:-
- Amritsar :- population 2,490,656
- Barnala:- population 595,527
- Bathinda:- population 1,388,525
- Faridkot:- population 617,508
- Fatehgarh Sahib:- population 600,163
- Firozpur:- population 2,029,074
- Gurdaspur:-population 2,298,324
- Hoshiarpur:- population 1,586,625
- Jalandhar:- population 2,193,590
- Kapurthala:-population 815,168
- Ludhiana:- population 3,498,739
- Mansa :- population 769,751
- Moga:- population 995,746
- Mohali:- population 994,628
- Pathankot,
- Patiala (Patiala):- population 1,895,686
- Rupnagar:- population 684,627
- Sangrur:- population 1,655,169
- Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar:- population 612,310
- Tarn taran
- Muktsar Sahib:- population 901,896
According To The 2011 Census Report, Ten Administrative Districts Of Punjab:-
They are number 48th in the list of the entire districts of India. The 10 administrative districts of Punjab are as below:-
- Amritsar,
- Bathinda,
- Faridkot,
- Firozpur,
- Gurdaspur,
- Mansa,
- Moga,
- Muktsar Sahib,
- Pathankot
- Patiala.
Punjab Census 2011:-
The total population of the Punjab district-wise Sores lived in 1.10 lakhs households in 2011. The average household size is 4.8 percent, of which 39.9 percent are Literate and 14% are Illiterate/Unknown. As per Census 2011, 84% of the literate persons in the state are Male, with 88% here being Brahmins/Jatt and 52% of other backward classes. Gurgaon district has the highest (%1172) female literacy rate, with Punjab’s average at 47%, even lower than the national average (51%).
The population of Punjab is 27,704,247 district-wise, according to the Punjab census 2011 census. The population density is 308 persons per square kilometer. The population of Punjab as per Census 2011 is 27,704,236. The male population is 13,927,521 whereas the female population is 13,776,715. The literacy rate is 70.6%, and the sex ratio (of the whole population) is 888 females per thousand males. Punjab is one of the most developed states in India. It covers 68,114 square kilometers and has a population of 2.67 million as per the census of 2011.
Conclusion:-
Districts of Punjab are divided into tehsils (subdivisions), which are further divided into blocks. A block consists of a group of villages and two or more towns. A tehsil may consist of one or more blocks. The most populated districts of Punjab are Ludhiana district, Sialkot district, Gurdaspur district, and Jalandhar district.
The population of Punjab district wise as per Census of Punjab 2011 is 27,743,338. The districts of Punjab have shown many effects and trends in the census 2011. The major metropolitan cities Amritsar and Jalandhar have shown a gradual increase, although more numbers of people are immigrating to these areas.