List of districts of Punjab, India

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]

23 districts of Punjab along with their headquarters as of 2023.

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 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]	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)^[3]	Density (/km^2)	Official website	Highlighted Map
1	AM	Amritsar	Amritsar	2,490,891	2,647	932	amritsar.nic.in
2	BNL	Barnala	Barnala	596,294	1,410	419	barnala.gov.in
3	BA	Bathinda	Bathinda	1,388,859	3,385	414	bathinda.nic.in
4	FR	Faridkot	Faridkot	618,008	1,469	424	faridkot.nic.in
5	FT	Fatehgarh Sahib	Fatehgarh Sahib	599,814	1,180	508	fatehgarhsahib.nic.in
6	FI	Firozpur	Firozpur	965,337	2,190	440	ferozpur.nic.in
7	FA	Fazilka^[4]	Fazilka	1,180,483	3,113	379
8	GU	Gurdaspur	Gurdaspur	2,299,026	2,635	649	gurdaspur.nic.in
9	HO	Hoshiarpur	Hoshiarpur	1,582,793	3,365	466	hoshiarpur.nic.in
10	JA	Jalandhar	Jalandhar	2,181,753	2,632	831	jalandhar.nic.in
11	KA	Kapurthala	Kapurthala	817,668	1,632	501	kapurthala.nic.in
12	LU	Ludhiana	Ludhiana	3,487,882	3,767	975	ludhiana.nic.in
13	ML	Malerkotla	Malerkotla	452,016	837	540	malerkotla.nic.in
14	MA	Mansa	Mansa	768,808	2,171	350	mansa.nic.in
15	MO	Moga	Moga	992,289	2,216	444	moga.nic.in
16	MU	Sri Muktsar Sahib	Sri Muktsar Sahib	902,702	2,615	348	muktsar.nic.in
17	PA	Pathankot	Pathankot	676,598	929	728	pathankot.gov.in
18	PA	Patiala	Patiala	1,892,282	3,218	596	patiala.nic.in
19	RU	Rupnagar	Rupnagar	683,349	1,369	488	rupnagar.nic.in
20	SAS	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	Mohali	986,147	1,093	830
21	SA	Sangrur	Sangrur	1,203,153	2,848	422	sangrur.nic.in
22	NS	Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar	Nawanshahr	614,362	1,267	478	nawanshahr.nic.in
23	TT	Tarn Taran	Tarn Taran Sahib	1,120,070	2,449	464	tarntaran.gov.in

References

1. "Malerkotla to be Punjab's 23rd district; Capt Amarinder's Eid gift". The Tribune. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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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