List of districts of Punjab, India explained

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]

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 (km²)^[3] ! Density (/km²)! Highlighted Map
1	AM	Amritsar	Amritsar	2,490,891	2,647	932
2	BNL	Barnala	Barnala	596,294	1,410	419
3	BA	Bathinda	Bathinda	1,388,859	3,385	414
4	FR	Faridkot	Faridkot	618,008	1,469	424
5	FT	Fatehgarh Sahib	Fatehgarh Sahib	599,814	1,180	508
6	FI	Firozpur	Firozpur	965,337	2,190	440
7	FA	Fazilka^[4]	Fazilka	1,180,483	3,113	379
8	GU	Gurdaspur	Gurdaspur	2,299,026	2,635	649
9	HO	Hoshiarpur	Hoshiarpur	1,582,793	3,365	466
10	JA	Jalandhar	Jalandhar	2,181,753	2,632	831
11	KA	Kapurthala	Kapurthala	817,668	1,632	501
12	LU	Ludhiana	Ludhiana	3,487,882	3,767	975
13	ML	Malerkotla	Malerkotla	452,016	837	540
14	MA	Mansa	Mansa	768,808	2,171	350
15	MO	Moga	Moga	992,289	2,216	444
16	MU	Sri Muktsar Sahib	Sri Muktsar Sahib	902,702	2,615	348
17	PA	Pathankot	Pathankot	676,598	929	728
18	PA	Patiala	Patiala	1,892,282	3,218	596
19	RU	Rupnagar	Rupnagar	683,349	1,369	488
20	SAS	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	Mohali	986,147	1,093	830
21	SA	Sangrur	Sangrur	1,203,153	2,848	422
22	NS	Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar	Nawanshahr	614,362	1,267	478
23	TT	Tarn Taran	Tarn Taran Sahib	1,120,070	2,449	464

Notes and References

News: Malerkotla to be Punjab's 23rd district; Capt Amarinder's Eid gift . en . . 14 May 2021 . 24 January 2022.
Web site: NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2 . PDFi . 5–10 . Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India . 2004-08-18 . 2008-11-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170619143030/https://www.mail.nic.in/docs/MailService_e-mail_address_Policy_WithCodes.pdf . 2017-06-19.
Web site: Districts of Punjab - Area & Population. 17 November 2016.
Fazilka district was formed in 2011, no data in census 2011 on this district