Fazilka district | |
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 Boundary Marker at Sadqi Border Crossing | |
.svg) Location in Punjab | |
| Coordinates:30°24′11″N74°01′30″E / 30.403°N 74.025°E /30.403; 74.025 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Punjab |
| Named after | Mian Fazil Watoo |
| Headquarters | Fazilka |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Senu Duggal, IAS |
| • Senior Superintendent of Police | Avneet Kaur Sidhu, PPS |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,113 km2 (1,202 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,027,143 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| • Other | Hindi andBagri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Website | http://fazilka.gov.in/ |
Fazilka district is one of23 districts in the state ofPunjab inIndia. The districtheadquarters of the Fazilka District are atFazilka.
On 27 July 2011, theGovernment of Punjab created two new districts: Fazilka district by the partition ofFirozpur district, andPathankot district by the partition ofGurdaspur district.[3]
On 29 January 1970,Gandhi announced the transfer of a part of Fazilka tehsil and Abohar toHaryana. The final transfer of Fazilka and Abohar was to take place by January 1975. The transfer to a neighbouring State of Punjab'scotton-producing belt of Abohar and Falzika was not accepted.[4] On 25 January, 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]
It is located next to the border with Pakistan, the border being to its west. It has the district ofFirozpur to its north,Sri Muktsar Sahib to its east andSri Ganganagar to the south andPakistan to its west.
It has an extreme climate, with the summers being very hot and the winters being very cold. The RiverSutlej runs through the district and moves over to the Pakistan side through theIndo-Pakistani border.
| No. | Constituency | Name of MLA | Party | Bench | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Jalalabad | Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
| 80 | Fazilka | Narinderpal Singh Sawna | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
| 81 | Abohar | Sandeep Jakhar | Indian National Congress | Opposition | |
| 82 | Balluana (SC) | Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
The district's chief executive is the Deputy Commissioner. The office is held by Senu Duggal, IAS.[6]
The district is administratively subdivided into threetehsils:
According to the2011 census, Fazilka district has apopulation of 1,027,143. Scheduled Castes made up 41.51% of the population.[7] The totalsex ratio of the district was 894.[8] The child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years was 853 for urban areas and 850 for rural areas in 2011.[9]
Hinduism andSikhism are the mainreligions of the Fazilka district. TheArora community ofPunjabi 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 ofFirozpur district.
In the Firozpur Religion Census 2011,[11] 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 | Sikh | Christian | Muslim | Buddhist | Jain | Other Religions | Not Stated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fazilka | Hindu | 76,492 | 84.97% | 13.35% | 0.89% | 0.45% | 0.01% | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| Abohar | Hindu | 145,302 | 83.27% | 15.62% | 0.42% | 0.45% | 0.06% | 0.12% | 0.01% | 0.05% |
| Jalalabad | Hindu | 39,525 | 68.56% | 30.75% | 0.15% | 0.49% | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.03% |
At the time of the 2011 census, 68.31% of the population spokePunjabi, 21.55%Bagri and 9.12%Hindi as their first language.[12]
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