List of districts of Punjab, India

A district of the Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a deputy commissioner or district magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Punjab Civil Service and other state services. As of May 18, 2021, there are 23 districts in Punjab, when the 23rd district of Malerkotla was formed.^[1]

A map of 22 districts of Punjab along with their headquarters as of 2016.

Overview

A senior superintendent of police, an officer who belongs to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Punjab Police Service and other Punjab Police officials.

A division forest officer, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the forests, environment, and other wildlife-related issues in the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Punjab Forest Service and other Punjab forestry officials and Punjab wildlife officials.

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as Irrigation, PWD, Agriculture, Health, Education, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to various State Services.

List

Code[2]	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km²)[3]	Density (/km²)	Official website
AM	Amritsar	Amritsar	2,490,891	2,647	932	http://amritsar.nic.in/
BA	Barnala	Barnala	596,294	1,410	419	http://barnala.gov.in/english/ Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
BA	Bathinda	Bathinda	1,388,859	3,385	414	http://bathinda.nic.in/
FR	Faridkot	Faridkot	618,008	1,469	424	http://faridkot.nic.in/
FT	Fatehgarh Sahib	Fatehgarh Sahib	599,814	1,180	508	http://fatehgarhsahib.nic.in/
FI	Firozpur	Firozpur	2,026,831	2,190	380	http://ferozepur.nic.in/
FA	Fazilka[4]	Fazilka	1,180,483	3,113	379	http://fazilka.nic.in/
GU	Gurdaspur	Gurdaspur	2,299,026	2,635	649	http://gurdaspur.nic.in/
HO	Hoshiarpur	Hoshiarpur	1,582,793	3,365	466	http://hoshiarpur.nic.in/ Archived 2021-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
JA	Jalandhar	Jalandhar	2,181,753	2,632	831	http://jalandhar.nic.in/
KA	Kapurthala	Kapurthala	817,668	1,632	501	http://kapurthala.nic.in/ Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
LU	Ludhiana	Ludhiana	3,487,882	3,767	975	http://ludhiana.nic.in/
MA	Mansa	Mansa	768,808	2,171	350	http://mansa.nic.in/
ML	Malerkotla	Malerkotla	452,016	837	540	http://sangrur.nic.in/
MO	Moga	Moga	992,289	2,216	444	http://moga.nic.in/
MU	Sri Muktsar Sahib	Sri Muktsar Sahib	902,702	2,615	348	http://muktsar.nic.in/
PA	Pathankot	Pathankot	676,598	929	728	http://pathankot.gov.in/
PA	Patiala	Patiala	1,892,282	3,218	596	http://patiala.nic.in/
RU	Rupnagar	Rupnagar	683,349	1,369	488	http://rupnagar.nic.in/
SAS	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	Ajitgarh	986,147	1,093	830	http://www.sasnagar.gov.in/ Archived 2019-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
SA	Sangrur	Sangrur	1,654,408	3,610	449	http://sangrur.nic.in/
PB	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	Nawanshahr	614,362	1,267	478	http://nawanshahr.nic.in/
TT	Tarn Taran	Tarn Taran Sahib	1,120,070	2,449	464	http://tarntaran.gov.in/