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Gurdaspur district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Punjab
- Headquarters
- Gurdaspur
- Total
- 2,610 km (1,010 sq mi)
- Density
- 881/km (2,280/sq mi)
- Official
- Punjabi
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle code
- PB 06, PB 18, PB 58, PB 85, PB 99
- Literacy
- 79.95%
- Website
- gurdaspur .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Gurdaspur district is a district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of Pakistani Punjab, and the districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur. Two main rivers Beas and Ravi passes through the district. The Mughal emperor Akbar is said to have been enthroned in a garden near Kalanaur, a historically important town in the district. The district is at the foothills of the Himalayas.
As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Punjab (out of 22), after Ludhiana and Amritsar. Batala, with 31% of the district's population, is its largest city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gurdaspur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.