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Pathankot district | |
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 Dhar Kalan, Pathankot - The Mini Goa of Punjab | |
.svg) Location in Punjab | |
| Coordinates:32°16′01″N75°38′36″E / 32.266814°N 75.643444°E /32.266814; 75.643444 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Punjab |
| Named after | PathaniaRajput |
| Headquarters | Pathankot |
| Government | |
| • Deputy commissioner | Sh. Ramveer |
| • Senior Superintendent of Police | R.K. Bakshi (PPS) |
| • Member of Parliament | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa |
| Area | |
• Total | 929 km2 (359 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 676,598 |
| • Density | 728/km2 (1,890/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Regional | Punjabi, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | PB-35 / PB-68 |
| Largest City | Pathankot |
| Website | https://pathankot.nic.in |
Pathankot district, the northernmost district ofPunjab,India, was formed on 27 July 2011, after being carved out fromGurdaspur district. Pathankot serves as the district headquarters. The district shares itsborders with Pakistan to the west and lies strategically close to the states of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, making it a vital trade and transportation hub in the region.
The original name of Pathankot wasPaithan duringMughal times, which is in turn believed to be a derivative of SanskritPratisthana. Later Paithan was retrieved again by Chandravanshi Rajput clan (Pathania “meaning No Pathans”) and named Pathankot.[2] The suffix 'kot' stands for fort.
Pathankot is located in the foothills of theSivalik Hills. It sharesinternational borders with theNarowal District ofPakistan's Punjab. It also shares borders with theKathua District ofJammu and Kashmir and theChamba andKangra districts ofHimachal Pradesh.Hoshiarpur district shares a boundary with Pathankot inEastern Punjab. The two main rivers, – theBeas and theRavi, pass through the district.
In the past, It was a Tehsil of the district of Gurdaspur. The present district was formed, as the 22nd district of the state on July 27, 2011.[3][4] Pathankot includes the two sub-divisions ofPathankot andDhar Kalan and the two sub-tehsil of Narot Jaimal Singh and Bamial[4]
Pathankot has gone through a large number of changes and developments. It is also called as the gateway to Himachal Pradesh and J&K states.Ranjit Sagar Dam, the Pride of Punjab, has been emerged about 30 km. north-east of the town. Mamoon, a suburb of Pathankot, is heading towards the biggest army cantonment in Asia. Pathankot already has an Air Force Station and will be coming on the air map of India very shortly. Surprisingly enough, the town is totally devoid of any monumental evidence to speak of its rich past except for a high ridge called Shimla Pahari, where the historical fort once existed, and some part of the rouni around the Gulmohar Tourist Complex. A number of various buildings, such as the PWD Rest House. Gulmohar Tourist Complex, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Municipal Library, Lal Bahadur Shastri Park, the Relay center ofDoordarshan, and an office of the central PWD are located at the site of the Fort.
There are two statutory Cities Pathankot and Sujanpur in this district. The district also has 12 census towns, according to census 2011 which are listed below:[5]
At the time of the 2011 census, the area that would become Pathankot district had a population of 676,598. Out of these 378,432 were rural and 298,166 urban. Pathankot has a sex ratio of 860 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes are 207,032 (30.60%) of the population.[6]
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 88.42% | |||
| Sikhism | 7.81% | |||
| Islam | 2.12% | |||
| Christianity | 1.08% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.57% | |||
| Religion | Population (1941)[8]: 60–61 | Percentage (1941) | Population (2011)[7] | Percentage (2011) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hinduism [b] | 83,330 | 54.42% | 598,237 | 88.42% |
Islam | 59,548 | 38.89% | 14,317 | 2.12% |
Sikhism | 7,580 | 4.95% | 52,858 | 7.81% |
Christianity | 2,307 | 1.51% | 7,292 | 1.08% |
| Others[c] | 369 | 0.24% | 3,894 | 0.57% |
| Total Population | 153,134 | 100% | 676,598 | 100% |
At the time of the 2011 census, 89.86% of the population spokePunjabi, 5.30%Hindi and 1.20%Pahadi as their first language.[9] The dialect is in betweenPahadi andDogri, the two neighbouring languages.
The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Pathankot district by year.
| Year | Accidents | Killed | Injured | Vehicles Involved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 95 | 83 | 38 | 137 |
| 2021 | 131 | 85 | 46 | 139 |
| 2020 | 92 | 63 | 43 | 104 |
| 2019 | 115 | 97 | 44 | 112 |
Pathankot district is part of thePathankot Assembly Constituency.
| No. | Constituency | Name of MLA | Party | Bench | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sujanpur | Naresh Puri | Indian National Congress | Opposition | |
| 2 | Bhoa (SC) | Lal Chand Kataruchakk | Aam Aadmi Party | Government | |
| 3 | Pathankot | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | Opposition | |
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