EntityQ202822· pop 41· linked from 2,699 articles

Amritsar district

district in Punjab, India

Key facts

Country: India
State: Punjab
Named after: Suffice of Amrit
Headquarters: Amritsar
Commissioner of police: Arun Pal Singh
Total: 2,683 km (1,036 sq mi)
Density: 928.3/km (2,404/sq mi)
Official: Punjabi
Time zone: UTC+5:30 ( IST )
Vehicle registration: PB-01(commercial) PB-02, PB-14, PB-17, PB-18, PB-81, PB-89
Literacy 7: 76.27%
Website: amritsar .nic .in

via Wikipedia infobox

Article

Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district.

As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Punjab (out of 23), after Ludhiana. It is a border district of Punjab and lies along the India-Pakistan border.