Kapurthala district
Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters.
Kapurthala district | |
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District of Punjab | |
Kapurthala Sainik School, former palace of the Maharajas of Kapurthala | |
Location in Punjab | |
| Coordinates: 31°22′46″N 75°23′05″E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| Named for | Nawab Kapur Singh |
| Headquarters | Kapurthala |
| Government | |
| • Deputy commissioner | D P S Kharbanda IAS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,633 km2 (631 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[‡] | |
| • Total | 815,168 |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | PB-09 |
| Literacy | 80.20% |
| Website | www |
Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people by the 2011 census. The district is divided into two noncontiguous parts, the main Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi portion and the Phagwara tehsil or block.
The Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi part lies between north latitude 31° 07' and 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 36'. In the north it is bound by Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Amritsar districts, in the west by the Beas River and Amritsar district, and in south by the Sutlej River, Jalandhar district, and Hoshiaripur district.
Phagwa tehsil lies between north latitude 31° 22' and east longitude 75° 40' and 75° 55'. Phagwara lies on the National Highway No 1, and the tehsil is much more industrially developed than the remainder of Kaurthala District. Phagwa is situated at a distance of 19 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Jalandhar, and the tehsil is bounded on two sides by Jalandhar District whereas north by Hoshiarpur district and east by S B S nagar district.
The district has three subdivisions/tehsils: Kapurthala, Phagwara, and Sultanpur Lodhi. The total area of the district is 1,633 km (1,015 mi) of which 909.09 km2 (351.00 sq mi) is in Kapurthala tehsil, 304.05 km2 (117.39 sq mi) is in Phagwara tehsil and 451.0 km2 (174.1 sq mi) is in Saltanpur Lodu tehsil. The economy of the district is still predominantly agricultural.