A district of the Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

 state of India

India

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 is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner (India)

The deputy commissioner or district magistrate or district collector or district magistrate and collector is the head of the revenue administration of an Indian district. The DC is required to be an Indian Administrative Service officer who is in charge of governmental assets in his district of...

 or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service

Indian Administrative Service

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. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Punjab Civil Service and other state services.

A Senior Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service

Indian Police Service

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 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

Deputy Conservator of Forests (India)

A Deputy Conservator of Forests or, equivalently a Divisional Forest Officer is an officer belonging to the elite Indian Forest Service. The Deputy Conservator of Forests is responsible for managing the Forests, Environment and Wild-Life related issues of a Forest Division of a state or a union...

, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service

Indian Forest Service

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 is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Punjab Forest Service and other Punjab Forest officials and Punjab Wild-Life officials.

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Agriculture, Health, Education, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to various State Services.

The twenty-two districts of Punjab state are:

• Amritsar
  Amritsar District
  Amritsar district is one of 22 districts in the state of Punjab in West India. It has a population of 3,074,207 and covers an area of 5075 km²...
  
  
• Barnala
  Barnala district
  Barnala is one of the district of Indian state of Punjab. Earlier Barnala was part of Sangrur district , but now Barnala is a separate district....
  
  
• Bathinda
  Bathinda District
  Bathinda district is in Punjab, India. The districts encompasses an area of 3,344 square kilometres. It is bounded by Faridkot district on the north, Mukatsar district on the west, Barnala and Mansa districts on the east, and the state of Haryana on the south...
  
  
• Faridkot
  Faridkot District
  Faridkot district is one of the twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. According to Punjab's Geo-Area, Faridkot is a Malwa District. It is one of the biggest cotton markets in South-East Asia. The name 'Faridkot' is derived from Baba Farid, a god-lover who wanted...
  
  
• Fatehgarh Sahib
  Fatehgarh Sahib district
  Fatehgarh Sahib district , is one of the twenty two districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India, with its headquarters in the city of Fatehgarh Sahib....
  
  
• Fazilka
  Fazilka district
  Fazilka district is one of the 22 districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. It has 314 revenue villages.Fazilka city is the capital of the district.-History:...
  
   from July 27, 2011
• Firozpur
  Firozpur District
  Ferozepur district is one of the twenty two th districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India.It comprises an area of 11,142 km². The surface is level, with the exception of a few sand-hills in the south and south-east...
  
  
• Gurdaspur
  Gurdaspur District
  Gurdaspur district is a district in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of the Republic of India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of the Pakistani Punjab, Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir, the Punjab districts of Amritsar and...
  
  
• Hoshiarpur
  Hoshiarpur District
  Hoshiarpur District , is a district of Punjab state in northern India.In 2011, Hoshiarpur had population of 1,582,793 of which male and female were 806,921 and 775,872 respectively. There was change of 6.85 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001...
  
  
• Jalandhar
  Jalandhar District
  Jalandhar district , Jalandhar Zilā) is one of the 22 districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. The capital is Jalandhar City...
  
  
• Kapurthala
  Kapurthala District
  Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern Republic of India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters....
  
  

• Ludhiana
  Ludhiana District
  -Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...
  
  
• Mansa
• Moga
  Moga District
  Moga district is one of the Twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. It became the 17th district of Punjab State on 24 November 1995. It is also known as NRI district. Most Punjabi Non-resident Indians belong to rural areas of Moga District, who immigrated to the...
  
  
• Muktsar
  Muktsar District
  Sri Muktsar Sahib district is one of the Twenty Two districts in the state of Punjab in northwest India. Its capital is Muktsar; other towns include Malout, the largest town by population, and Gidderbaha....
  
  
• Pathankot
  Pathankot district
  Pathankot district is a district in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of the Republic of India. Pathankot is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of the Pakistani Punjab, Kathua District of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Punjab and...
  
   from July 27, 2011
• Patiala
  Patiala District
  Patiala district is one of the twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West India.Patiala District lies between 29 49’ and 30 47’ north latitude, 75 58’ and 76 54' east longitude, in the southeast part of the state...
  
  
• Rupnagar
  Rupnagar district
  Rupnagar district is one of the twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. The town of Rupnagar is said to have been founded by a Raja called Rokeshar, who ruled during the 11th century and named it after his son Rup Sen. It is also the site of an ancient town of...
  
  
• Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
  Mohali District
  Mohali district is one of the twenty twodistricts of Punjab a state in the North-West of the Republic of India. It is the most recently created district in the state of Punjab introduced in 2006.- Kharar block :...
  
  
• Sangrur
  Sangrur district
  Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. Earlier Barnala was part of Sangrur district, but now Barnala is a separate district.-Sangrur consists of following cities:DHURIMALERKOTLA...
  
  
• Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
• Tarn Taran
  Tarn Taran district
  Tarn Taran district is one of the districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. Some of its main cities are Tarn Taran Sahib which is located near Amritsar and Patti, City of Taran Taran is a holy place for Sikhs of India and abroad.Tarn Taran district was formed in 2006 from...