Jalandhar district

Jalandhar district (Jalandhar Zilā) is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city.

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Jalandhar.

Jalandhar district
District
Location in Punjab, India
Jalandhar district
Location in Punjab, India
Jalandhar district
Jalandhar district (Asia)
Coordinates: 31°19′48″N 75°34′12″E
Country India
StatePunjab
RegionDoaba
Named forArea inside the water or King Jalandhara
HeadquartersJalandhar
Government
 • Administrator of DistrictSh. Ghanshyam Thori
Area
 • Total2,632 km2 (1,016 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[‡]
 • Total2,193,590
 • Density830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Literacy82.4%
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Before 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]

Divisions

The district is divided into 5 sub division/Tehsils Jalandhar-I, Jalandhar-II, Shahkot, Nakodar, Phillaur and 7 sud-Tehsils Adampur, Bhogpur, Kartarpur, Goraya, Nurmahal, Mehatpur and Lohian Khas.[2]

There are nine Punjab Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in this district Jalandhar North, West, Central, Jalandhar Cantt, Phillaur, Nakodar, Shahkot and Adampur from which 4 are reserved for Scheduled Castes.[3]

Demographics
Religion in Jalandhar district[4]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 63.56%
Sikhism
 
 32.75%
Islam
 
 1.38%
Christianity
 
 1.19%
Others
 
 0.74%
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901721,579—    
1911630,769−1.34%
1921647,086+0.26%
1931742,659+1.39%
1941887,080+1.79%
1951829,858−0.66%
1961981,801+1.70%
19711,175,196+1.81%
19811,406,587+1.81%
19911,649,937+1.61%
20011,962,761+1.75%
20112,193,590+1.12%
source:[5]
Kos Minar along Grand Trunk Road in Dakhini near Jalandhar, from Jahangir period

According to the 2011 census Jalandhar district has a population of 2,193,590,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia[7] or the US state of New Mexico.[8] This gives it a ranking of 209th in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The district has a population density of 831 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,150/sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.16%.[6] Jalandhar has a sex ratio of 913 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 82.4%.[6]


Jatt Tribe Population, of 1901 and 1931

1901

  • Hindu Jatt 84,343
  • Sikh Jatt 80,824
  • Muslim Jatt 20,077

1931

  • Hindu Jatts 12,756
  • Sikh Jatt 160,286
  • Muslim Jatt 20,879


According, to the British Records, Hindu Jatts were, mainly found in Tehsils of Nawanshahr and Jalandhar. Jatt Sikhs, mainly in west part of Tehsil Phillaur. Jatt Muslims, mainly found in the most northern part of Jalandhar, around Adampur Bhogpur areas of Jalandhar District.

From 1905-1930, there was a downfall in the Hindu Jatt Population of the Jalandhar District. This is due to, Hindu Jatts of Jalandhar, becoming Sikhs. Before, the Hindu Jatts of Jalandhar District were mainly Sultanis (Followers of Sakhi Sarwar), or orthodox Hindus. by 1940s, the further surviving 12,656 Hindu Jatts of Jalandhar from the 1931 census, were becoming Sikhs. By the 1950s or 1960s there were only a handful of Hindu Jatts left in Jalandhar District. The Muslim Jatts, were Inferior in physique and numbers and poor cultivators. Many thousands immigrated to the newly established Chenab canal colonies or Lyallpaur District, from between 1901-1931.

Management Colleges

See also

References
  1. Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar District Portal, retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. "Welcome to Official Website of Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner, Punjab". commissionerjalandhar.gov.in.
  3. "Constituencies | Jalandhar Web Portal | India".
  4. "Jalandhar District Population Census 2011, Punjab literacy sex ratio and density".
  5. "Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901".
  6. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  7. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.
  8. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. New Mexico - 2,059,179
  9. "Top MBA ,MCA Colleges in North India, Punjab, Jalandhar - Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus".

10. https://jalandhar.nic.in/list-of-deputy-commissioner/

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