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.

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 District Headquarters Population (2011) Area (km²) Density (/km²) Official website AM Amritsar Amritsar 2,490,891  2,647  932  http://amritsar.nic.in/ BA Barnala Barnala596,2941,410419http://barnala.gov.in/english/  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 FazilkaFazilka district was formed in 2011, no data in census 2011 on this district Fazilka1,180,4833,113379 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/  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/  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 676,598929728 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/  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/

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