List of Districts of Punjab

Punjab
Indian state

Punjab, also spelt Panjab, is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region.  The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. It is also bounded to the north by the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The state capital is located in Chandigarh, which is a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana.

After the partition of India in 1947, the Punjab province of British India was divided between India and Pakistan. The Indian Punjab was divided in 1966 with the formation of the new states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, as well as the current state of Punjab. Punjab is the only state in India with a majority Sikh population.

Capital : Chandigarh                                                  Population (2011) : 27,704,236

Largest city : Ludhiana                                              Literacy  : 76.68%

Districts : 22 total                                                      Official languages : Punjabi

Area : 50,362 km2 (19,445 sq mi)                             Website : www.punjabgovt.gov.in

Coordinates (chandigarh): 30.79°N 76.78°E             Time zone : IST (UTC+05:30)

       Punjab Districts    

• Amritsar
• Barnala
• Bathinda
• Faridkot
• Fatehgarh Sahib
• Fazilika
• Firozpur
• Gurdaspur
• Hoshiarpur
• Jalandhar
• Kapurthala
• Ludhiana
• Mansa
• Moga
• Ajitgarh (Mohali), Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar)
• Muktsar Sahib
• Patiala
• Pathankot
• Rupnagar
• Sangrur
• Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
• Tarn Taran