Fazilka district
District of Punjab
Boundary Marker at Sadqi Border Crossing
Boundary Marker at Sadqi Border Crossing
Location in Punjab
Location in Punjab
Coordinates: 30°24′11″N 74°01′30″E / 30.403°N 74.025°E / 30.403; 74.025
Country India
StatePunjab
Named forMian Fazil Watoo
HeadquartersFazilka
Government
 • Deputy CommissionerSenu Duggal, IAS
 • Senior Superintendent of PoliceAvneet Kaur Sidhu, PPS
Area
[1]
 • Total3,113 km2 (1,202 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total1,027,143
 • Density330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
 • OtherHindi and Bagri
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Websitehttp://fazilka.gov.in/

Fazilka district is one of 23 districts in the state of Punjab in India. The district headquarters of the Fazilka District are at Fazilka.

History

On 27 July 2011, the Government of Punjab created two new districts: Fazilka district by the partition of Firozpur district, and Pathankot district by the partition of Gurdaspur district.[3]

On 29 January 1970, Gandhi announced the 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 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]

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 an 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.

Politics

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

Administration

The district's chief executive is the Deputy Commissioner. The office is held by Senu Duggal, IAS. [6]

The district is administratively subdivided into three tehsils:

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Fazilka district has a population of 1,027,143. Scheduled Castes made up 41.51% of the population.[7] The total sex 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]

Religion

Religion in Fazilka district (2011)[10][a]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 59.17%
Sikhism
 
 39.90%
Other or not stated
 
 0.93%

Hinduism and Sikhism are the main religions of the 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,[11] 84.97% of the Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district registered their religion as Hindu and 13.35% registered as Sikh.

Towns in Fazilka District - Firozpur Religion Census 2011[11]
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%

Languages

Languages of Fazilka district (2011)[12][b]

  Punjabi (68.31%)
  Bagri (21.55%)
  Hindi (9.12%)
  Others (1.02%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 68.31% of the population spoke Punjabi, 21.55% Bagri and 9.12% Hindi as their first language.[12]

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ This accounts for the division of Jalalabad tehsil by assuming the same proportion of religions in rural areas of residual Jalalabad tehsil. Urban area of remaining Jalalabad is Jalalabad town.
  2. ^ Languages present in Fazilka, Abohar tehsils, Jalalabad town and the residual rural area of Jalalabad tehsil

References

  1. ^ "Area of Fazilka". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ^ "District Profile at a Glance". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News". www.tribuneindia.com.
  4. ^ "Khalistan the politics of passion". panjabdigilib.org. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  5. ^ Mitra, Sumit; Thukral, Govind; Chawla, Prabhu (15 February 1986). "Rajiv-Longowal accord: Mathew Commission delivers an unexpected anti-climax". India Today. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Senu Duggal assumes charge as Fazilka deputy commissioner". The Times of India. 30 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. ^ "District Profile at a Glance". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  8. ^ "District-wise Decadal Sex ratio in Punjab". Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  9. ^ "District-wise Rural and Urban Child Population (0-6 years) and their sex ratio in Punjab". Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religious Community: Punjab". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  11. ^ a b "Firozpur District Religion Data - Census 2011". www.census2011.co.in.
  12. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Punjab". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  13. ^ "After 'Awaaz Punjab Di', Bhullar wants to do a 'Dangal'". The Tribune. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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