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. The district is part of the Firozpur division.
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.
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. 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.
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 PartyBench79JalalabadJagdeep Kamboj Goldy Government80FazilkaNarinderpal Singh Sawna Government81AboharSandeep JakharOpposition82Balluana (SC)Amandeep Singh 'Goldy' Musafir Government
Administration The district's chief executive is the Deputy Commissioner. The office is held by Senu Duggal, IAS.
The district is administratively subdivided into three tehsils: Fazilka Abohar Jalalabad
Subdistricts of Fazilka district According to the Indian government's integrated online directory, Fazilka district is divided into the following subdistricts (tehsils/subdivisions) and blocks:
Subdistricts Abohar Fazilka Jalalabad Blocks: Abohar Arniwala Shiekh Subhan Fazilka Jalalabad Khuian Sarwar
Demographics According to the 2011 census, Fazilka district has a population of 1,027,143. Scheduled castes made up 41.51% of the population. The total sex ratio of the district was 894. The sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years was 853 for urban areas and 850 for rural areas in 2011.
Religion
BlockHinduSikhOther Fazilka216,854183,1964,202Abohar322,430116,8793,957Jalalabad129,228224,4632,336 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, 84.97% of the Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district registered their religion as Hindu and 13.35% registered as Sikh.
+Towns in Fazilka District - Firozpur Religion Census 2011TownsMajority ReligionPopulationHinduSikhChristianMuslimBuddhistJainOther ReligionsNot StatedFazilkaHindu76,49284.97%13.35%0.89%0.45%0.01%0.25%0.00%0.08%AboharHindu145,30283.27%15.62%0.42%0.45%0.06%0.12%0.01%0.05%JalalabadHindu39,52568.56%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.
Notable people
Navdeep Asija, sustainable transport specialist Gurnam Bhullar, singer, from Kamal Wala village of the district 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)
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