Fazilka district

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Fazilka district

| official_name =

| settlement_type = District of Punjab

| image_skyline = Boundary Maker 1.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Boundary Marker at Sadqi Border Crossing

| nickname =

| image_map = Fazilka in Punjab (India).svg

| image_map1 =

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Location in Punjab

| coordinates = {{coord|30.403|N|74.025|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Emblem of Punjab (India) on a white background (1).png}} Punjab

| established_title =

| established_date = 27 July 2011

| founder =

| named_for = Mian Fazil Watoo

| seat_type = Headquarters

| seat = Fazilka

| government_type =

| governing_body =

| leader_title = Deputy Commissioner

| leader_name = Senu Duggal, IAS

| leader_title1 = Senior Superintendent of Police

| leader_name1 = Avneet Kaur Sidhu, PPS

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Area of Fazilka |url=http://fazilka.gov.in/html/area.html |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303191144/http://fazilka.gov.in/html/area.html |archive-date=3 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}

| area_total_km2 = 3,113

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| population_total = 1027143

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=District Profile at a Glance |url=http://fazilka.gov.in/html/at_glance.html |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303125533/http://fazilka.gov.in/html/at_glance.html |archive-date=3 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

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| website = http://fazilka.gov.in/

| footnotes =

| demographics1_info1 = Punjabi

| demographics1_title2 = Other

| demographics1_info2 = Hindi and Bagri

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110728/main4.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/downloadPdf.jsp?file=PL-000401.pdf&docid=48207|title=Khalistan the politics of passion|website=panjabdigilib.org|access-date=8 January 2021}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Mitra |first1=Sumit |last2=Thukral |first2=Govind |last3=Chawla |first3=Prabhu |title=Rajiv-Longowal accord: Mathew Commission delivers an unexpected anti-climax |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19860215-rajiv-longowal-accord-mathew-commission-delivers-an-unexpected-anti-climax-800593-1986-02-15 |access-date=8 January 2021 |work=India Today |date=15 February 1986 |language=en}}

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

class="wikitable sortable"
No. ! Constituency ! Name of MLA ! colspan="2" \| Party !Bench
79 \|Jalalabad \|Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy \| {{Full party name with colour\|Aam Aadmi Party}} \|Government
80 \|Fazilka \|Narinderpal Singh Sawna \| {{Full party name with colour\|Aam Aadmi Party}} \|Government
81 \|Abohar \|Sandeep Jakhar \|{{Full party name with colour\|Indian National Congress}} \|Opposition
82 \|Balluana (SC) \|Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir \| {{Full party name with colour\|Aam Aadmi Party}} \|Government

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No.

! Constituency

! Name of MLA

! colspan="2" | Party

!Bench

|Jalalabad

|Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy

| {{Full party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}

|Government

|Fazilka

|Narinderpal Singh Sawna

| {{Full party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}

|Government

|Abohar

|Sandeep Jakhar

|{{Full party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}

|Opposition

|Balluana (SC)

|Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir

| {{Full party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}

|Government

Administration

The district's chief executive is the Deputy Commissioner. The office is held by Senu Duggal, IAS. {{Cite news |date=30 November 2022 |title=Senu Duggal assumes charge as Fazilka deputy commissioner |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/senu-duggal-assumes-charge-as-fazilka-deputy-commissioner/articleshow/95879773.cms |access-date=18 February 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://fazilka.gov.in/html/at_glance.html|title=District Profile at a Glance|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303125533/http://fazilka.gov.in/html/at_glance.html|archive-date=3 March 2018|url-status=dead}} The total sex ratio of the district was 894.{{cite web |title=District-wise Decadal Sex ratio in Punjab |url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-decadal-sex-ratio-punjab |website=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India |date=21 January 2022 |access-date=23 November 2023}} The child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years was 853 for urban areas and 850 for rural areas in 2011.{{cite web |title=District-wise Rural and Urban Child Population (0-6 years) and their sex ratio in Punjab |url=https://punjab.data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-rural-and-urban-child-population-0-6-years-and-their-sex-ratio-punjab |website=Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India |date=21 January 2022 |access-date=23 November 2023 }}

= Religion =

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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,{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/district/596-firozpur.html|title=Firozpur District Religion Data - Census 2011|website=www.census2011.co.in}} 84.97% of the Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district registered their religion as Hindu and 13.35% registered as Sikh.

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|+Towns in Fazilka District - Firozpur Religion Census 2011

!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 =

{{Pie chart

|thumb = right

|caption=Languages of Fazilka district (2011){{Efn|Languages present in Fazilka, Abohar tehsils, Jalalabad town and the residual rural area of Jalalabad tehsil}}

|label1 = Punjabi |value1 = 68.31 |color1 = pink

|label2 = Bagri |value2 = 21.55 |color2 = lightcoral

|label3 = Hindi |value3 = 9.12 |color3 = Orange

|label4 = Others |value4 = 1.02 |color4 = Grey

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Punjab |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10219/download/13331/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0300.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

Notable people

Navdeep Asija, sustainable transport specialist
Gurnam Bhullar, singer, from Kamal Wala village of the district{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/bathinda/after-awaaz-punjab-di-bhullar-wants-to-do-a-dangal/396554.html|title=After 'Awaaz Punjab Di', Bhullar wants to do a 'Dangal'|work=The Tribune|date=24 April 2017 |access-date=17 January 2019}}
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)

Fazilka district

History

Location

Geography

Politics

Administration

Demographics

= Religion =

= Languages =

Notable people

Notes

References

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