Jalandhar district

Jalandhar district
ਜਲੰਧਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
District

Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 31°19′48″N 75°34′12″E / 31.33000°N 75.57000°E / 31.33000; 75.57000Coordinates: 31°19′48″N 75°34′12″E / 31.33000°N 75.57000°E / 31.33000; 75.57000
Country  India
State Punjab
Region Doaba
Named for Area inside the water or King Jalandhara
Headquarters Jalandhar
Government
 • Administrator of District Shruti Singh
Area
 • Total 2,632 km2 (1,016 sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Literacy 82.4%
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Jalandhar district (Doabi:ਜਲੰਧਰ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ, Jalandhar Zilā) is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city.

Prior to the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent districts Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Ferozepur and Kangra. The entire Jalandhar Division was awarded to India when Punjab was partitioned.[1]

Demographics

Religion in Jalandhar district[2]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
  
 63.56%
Sikhism
  
 32.75%
Islam
  
 1.38%
Christianity
  
 1.19%
Others
  
 0.74%
Kos Minar along Grand Trunk Road in Dakhini near Jalandhar, from Jahangir period

According to the 2011 census Jalandhar district has a population of 2,181,753,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia[4] or the US state of New Mexico.[5] This gives it a ranking of 209th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 831 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,150/sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.16%.[3] Jalandhar has a sex ratio of 913 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 82.4%.[3] The district also houses the largest proportion of Hindus in the state of Punjab.

Management Colleges

References

  1. ↑ Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar District Portal, retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jalandhar District Population Census 2011, Punjab literacy sex ratio and density".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  4. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.
  5. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179
  6. ↑ "Top MBA ,MCA Colleges in North India, Punjab, Jalandhar - Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus".
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