| Coordinates | 30.403°N 74.025°E |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| Named for | Mian Fazil Watoo |
| Headquarters | Fazilka |
| Deputy Commissioner | Senu Duggal, IAS |
| Senior Superintendent of Police | Avneet Kaur Sidhu, PPS |
| Unit pref | Metric |
| Area total | 3,113 km² |
| Population total | 1027143 |
| Population as of | 2011 |
| Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Website | http://fazilka.gov.in/ |
| Other | Hindi and Bagri |
Fazilka district is one of 23 districts in the state of Punjab in India. The city of Fazilka serves as the district headquarters of Fazilka District.
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.[1]
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 Fazilka was not accepted.[2] 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.[3]
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 | Government | ||
| 80 | Fazilka | Narinderpal Singh Sawna | Government | ||
| 81 | Abohar | Sandeep Jakhar | Opposition | ||
| 82 | Balluana (SC) | Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir | Government | ||
Administration
The district's chief executive is the Deputy Commissioner. The office is held by Senu Duggal, IAS.[4]
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.[5] The total sex ratio of the district was 894.[6] The sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years was 853 for urban areas and 850 for rural areas in 2011.[7]
Religion
| Block | Hindu | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fazilka | 216,854 | 183,196 | 4,202 |
| Abohar | 322,430 | 116,879 | 3,957 |
| Jalalabad | 129,228 | 224,463 | 2,336 |
Hinduism and Sikhism are the main religions of the Fazilka district. The Arora community of Punjabi Hindus constitute a sizeable population in the district. The migrating non-Muslim population from Pakistan to India in 1947 settled in this region of Firozpur district.
In the Firozpur Religion Census 2011,[8] 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% |
Languages
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.[9]
Notable people
- Navdeep Asija, sustainable transport specialist
- Gurnam Bhullar, singer, from Kamal Wala village of the district[10]
- Lawrence Bishnoi, gangster notable for assassinating Sidhu Moose Wala and killing many others
- Sher Singh Ghubaya, politician and former Member of Parliament
- Shubman Gill, cricketer
- Sunil Kumar Jakhar, Indian politician and president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab
- Surjit Kumar Jyani, politician
- Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Urdu poet (shifted to Fazilka after partition)
References
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News". www.tribuneindia.com
- ^ "Khalistan the politics of passion". panjabdigilib.org. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Senu Duggal assumes charge as Fazilka deputy commissioner". The Times of India. 30 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "District Profile at a Glance". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "District-wise Decadal Sex ratio in Punjab". Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Firozpur District Religion Data - Census 2011". www.census2011.co.in
- ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Punjab". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
- ^ "After 'Awaaz Punjab Di', Bhullar wants to do a 'Dangal'". The Tribune. 24 April 2017. Archived 16 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 January 2019.