Pathankot district

The original name of Pathankot was Paithan during Mughal times, which is in turn believed to be a derivative of Sanskrit Pratisthana. Later Paithan was retrieved again by Chandravanshi Rajput clan (Pathania “meaning No Pathans”) and named Pathankot.[https://pathankot.nic.in/history/ History], Pathankot District, Government of Punjab, retrieved 6 February 2022. The suffix 'kot' stands for fort.

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Pathankot is located in the foothills of the Sivalik Hills. It shares international borders with the Narowal District of Pakistan's Punjab. It also shares borders with the Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir and the Chamba and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh. Hoshiarpur district shares a boundary with Pathankot in Eastern Punjab. The two main rivers, – the Beas and the Ravi, pass through the district.

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In the past, It was a Tehsil of the district of Gurdaspur. The present district was formed, as the 22nd district of the state on July 27, 2011.{{cite news |title=Eye on urban voter, Fazilka, Pathankot made districts|author=Naveen S. Garewal|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110728/main4.htm|newspaper=The Tribune, Chandigarh|date=27 July 2011|access-date=23 January 2012}}{{cite news |title=The state gets Fazilka and Pathankot districts|author=News services|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/state-gets-fazilka-pathankot-districts/823445/|newspaper=Indian Express|date=28 July 2011|access-date=23 January 2012}} Pathankot includes the two sub-divisions of Pathankot and Dhar Kalan and the two sub-tehsil of Narot Jaimal Singh and Bamial

Pathankot has gone through a large number of changes and developments. It is also called as the gateway to Himachal Pradesh and J&K states. Ranjit Sagar Dam, the Pride of Punjab, has been emerged about 30 km. north-east of the town. Mamoon, a suburb of Pathankot, is heading towards the biggest army cantonment in Asia. Pathankot already has an Air Force Station and will be coming on the air map of India very shortly. Surprisingly enough, the town is totally devoid of any monumental evidence to speak of its rich past except for a high ridge called Shimla Pahari, where the historical fort once existed, and some part of the rouni around the Gulmohar Tourist Complex. A number of various buildings, such as the PWD Rest House. Gulmohar Tourist Complex, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Municipal Library, Lal Bahadur Shastri Park, the Relay center of Doordarshan, and an office of the central PWD are located at the site of the Fort.

There are two statutory Cities Pathankot and Sujanpur in this district. The district also has 12 census towns, according to census 2011 which are listed below:[http://www.punjabdata.com/Cities-in-Punjab.aspx List of cities and towns in Punjab]

• Sujanpur ( City Municipal Council)
• Pathankot ( City Municipal Corporation)
• Jugial (Township)
• Narot Jaimal Singh (Nagar Panchayat)
• Narot Mehra (Town)
• Mamun (Pathankot Urban)
• Manwal (Town)
• Sarna (Pathankot Urban)
• Bungal (Rural Town)
• Malikpur (Pathankot Urban)
• Dunera (Town)
• Dhar Kalan (Town)
• Madhopur (Pathankot Urban)
• Gharota (Rural Town)
• Dhaki (Town)
• Daulatpur (Town)
• Jhakolari (Town)
• Kamini (Settlement)
• Mirthal (Town)
• Taragarh (Rural Town)

• Abadgarh
• Kataruchak
• Mirthal, Near Beas river (Last town of Pathankot district)

At the time of the 2011 census, the area that would become Pathankot district had a population of 676,598. Out of these 378,432 were rural and 298,166 urban. Pathankot has a sex ratio of 860 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes are 207,032 (30.60%) of the population.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Gurdaspur|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/994/download/2990/DH_2011_0301_PART_A_DCHB_GURDASPUR.pdf|website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

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At the time of the 2011 census, 89.86% of the population spoke Punjabi, 5.30% Hindi and 1.20% Dogri 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}} The dialect is in between Kangri and Dogri, the two neighbouring languages.

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The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Pathankot district by year.

Pathankot district is part of the Pathankot Assembly Constituency.

• Shaheed Ram Singh Pathania (Rajput Warrior & Freedom Fighter){{Cite web|url=https://hpkangra.nic.in/war-heroes/|title = War Heroes | District Kangra, Government of Himachal Pradesh | India}}
• Ashwani Kumar Sharma (MLA)
• Seema Kumari (Ex MLA)
• Siddarth Kaul (Cricketer)

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• [https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/punjab/tehsil/pathankot.html Pathankot tehsil map], Maps of India, retrieved 31 July 2019

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