Fazilka district
Fazilka district | |
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District | |
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Coordinates: 30°24′11″N 74°01′30″E / 30.403°N 74.025°ECoordinates: 30°24′11″N 74°01′30″E / 30.403°N 74.025°E | |
Country |
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State | Punjab |
Named for | Mian Fazil Watoo |
Headquarters | Fazilka |
Government | |
• Deputy Commissioner | Smt. Isha Kalia (IAS) |
• Senior Superintendent of Police | Dr. Ketan Patil Baliram (IPS) |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 3,113 km2 (1,202 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,180,483 |
• Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Punjabi |
• Other | Hindi and Bagri |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | PB-22 |
Website | http://fazilka.gov.in/ |
Fazilka district is one of new and 22 districts in the state of Punjab in India. It has 314 revenue villages.
The district headquarters of Fazilka District is in Fazilka City.
History
On 27 July 2011, the Government of Punjab created two new districts: Fazilka district by partition of Firozpur district, and Pathankot district by partition of Gurdaspur district.[3]
On January 29, 1970 Mrs. Gandhi announced transfer of a part of Fazilka tehsil and Abohar to Haryana. The final transfer of Fazilka and Abohar was to take place by January 1975. The transfer to a neighbouring State of Punjab's cotton- producing belt of Abohar and Falzika was not accepted.[4] On January 25, the Mathew Commission said that Abohar and Fazilka tehsils of Punjab could not be transferred to Haryana because they were not contiguous with Haryana's border.[5]
Location
It is located next to the border with Pakistan, the border being to its west. It has the district of Firozpur to its north, Sri Muktsar Sahib to its east and Sri Ganganagar to the south and Pakistan to its west.
Geography
It has extreme climate, with the summers being very hot and the winters being very cold. The River Sutlej runs through the district and moves over to the Pakistan side through the Indo-Pakistani border.
Administration
The district's chief executive is the Deputy Commissioner. As of 2014 the office was held by Mr. Manjeet Brar, IAS.
The district is administratively subdivided into three tehsils:
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Fazilka district has a population of 1,180,483.[6]
Punjabi is the most spoken language of the district and is spoken by the majority of the population. Also Hindi is widely spoken by people in this area.
Religion
Hinduism and Sikhism are the main religions of Fazilka district. The Arora community of Punjabi Hindus constitute a sizeable population in the district. With the migration of the non-Muslim population from Pakistan to India in 1947, they settled here in this region of Firozpur district.
In the Firozpur Religion Census 2011,[7] 84.97% of the Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district registered their religion as Hindu and 13.35% registered as Sikh.
Towns | Majority Religion | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Sikh | Buddhist | Jain | Other Religions | Not Stated |
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Fazilka | Hindu | 76,492 | 84.97% | 0.45% | 0.89% | 13.35% | 0.01% | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
Abohar | Hindu | 145,302 | 83.27% | 0.44% | 0.42% | 15.62% | 0.06% | 0.12% | 0.01% | 0.05% |
Jalalabad | Hindu | 39,525 | 68.56% | 0.49% | 0.15% | 30.75% | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.03% |
References
- ↑ "Area of Fazilka".
- ↑ "DISTRICT PROFILE AT A GLANCE".
- ↑ Eye on urban voter, Fazilka, Pathankot made districts
- ↑ "Khalistan the politics of passion".
- ↑ "Rajiv-Longowal accord: Mathew Commission delivers an unexpected anti-climax".
- ↑ "DISTRICT PROFILE AT A GLANCE".
- ↑ "Firozpur Religion Census 2011".
- ↑ "Firozpur Religion Census 2011".