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</div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Government and politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tehsil" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tehsil"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Tehsil</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tehsil-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sub_Tehsils_(Total_:_7)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sub_Tehsils_(Total_:_7)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Sub Tehsils (Total : 7)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sub_Tehsils_(Total_:_7)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-C.D._Blocks_(Total_:_11)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#C.D._Blocks_(Total_:_11)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>C.D. Blocks (Total : 11)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-C.D._Blocks_(Total_:_11)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Municipal_Corporation_(Nagar_Nigam)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Municipal_Corporation_(Nagar_Nigam)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Municipal_Corporation_(Nagar_Nigam)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Municipal_Councils" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Municipal_Councils"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.2</span> <span>Municipal Councils</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Municipal_Councils-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.3</span> <span>Villages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gender" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gender"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Gender</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gender-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rural_and_Urban" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rural_and_Urban"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Rural and Urban</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rural_and_Urban-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Art_and_Entertainment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Art and Entertainment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Art_and_Entertainment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " 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interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="গুরুদাসপুর জেলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গুরুদাসপুর জেলা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdaspur_(ko%C4%81n)" title="Gurdaspur (koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Gurdaspur (koān)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="गुरदासपुर जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="गुरदासपुर जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districte_de_Gurdaspur" title="Districte de Gurdaspur – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Districte de Gurdaspur" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdaspur_(distrito)" title="Gurdaspur (distrito) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Gurdaspur (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdaspur_(Distrikt)" title="Gurdaspur (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gurdaspur (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Gurdaspur" title="Distrito de Gurdaspur – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Gurdaspur" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdaspur_barrutia" title="Gurdaspur barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gurdaspur barrutia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1" title="بخش گرداسپور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش گرداسپور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Gurdaspur" title="District de Gurdaspur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Gurdaspur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A6%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B0_%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8B" title="ગુરદાસપુર જિલ્લો – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ગુરદાસપુર જિલ્લો" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="गुरदासपुर जिला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="गुरदासपुर जिला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Gurdaspur" title="Distretto di Gurdaspur – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Gurdaspur" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%81%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2" title="ഗുർദാസ്പൂർ ജില്ല – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗുർദാസ്പൂർ ജില്ല" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="गुरदासपूर जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="गुरदासपूर जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1" title="جورداسبور – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جورداسبور" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdaspur_(district)" title="Gurdaspur (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gurdaspur (district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="गुरदासपुर जिल्ला – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="गुरदासपुर जिल्ला" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Gurdaspur district</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Punjab,_India" title="List of districts of Punjab, India">District</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sujanpur_fort.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sujanpur Fort"><img alt="Sujanpur Fort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sujanpur_fort.jpg/250px-Sujanpur_fort.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sujanpur_fort.jpg/375px-Sujanpur_fort.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sujanpur_fort.jpg/500px-Sujanpur_fort.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Sujanpur Fort</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gurdaspur_in_Punjab_(India).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Punjab"><img alt="Location in Punjab" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gurdaspur_in_Punjab_%28India%29.svg/250px-Gurdaspur_in_Punjab_%28India%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gurdaspur_in_Punjab_%28India%29.svg/375px-Gurdaspur_in_Punjab_%28India%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gurdaspur_in_Punjab_%28India%29.svg/500px-Gurdaspur_in_Punjab_%28India%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="979" data-file-height="1086" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in Punjab</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gurdaspur_district&params=31_55_N_75_15_E_type:city(2298323)_region:IN"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°55′N</span> <span class="longitude">75°15′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.917°N 75.250°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.917; 75.250</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur" title="Gurdaspur">Gurdaspur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,610 km<sup>2</sup> (1,010 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="ref_‡" class="reference"><a href="#cnote_‡">[‡]</a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,298,323</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">880/km<sup>2</sup> (2,300/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Vehicle Code</th><td class="infobox-data">PB 06,PB 18,PB 58,PB 85, PB 99</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Literacy</th><td class="infobox-data">79.95%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gurdaspur.nic.in">gurdaspur<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gurdaspur district</b> is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian districts">district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Majha" title="Majha">Majha</a> region of the state of <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>, India. <a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur" title="Gurdaspur">Gurdaspur</a> is the district headquarters. It internationally borders <a href="/wiki/Narowal_District" title="Narowal District">Narowal District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Pakistani Punjab</a>, and the districts of <a href="/wiki/Amritsar_district" title="Amritsar district">Amritsar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pathankot_district" title="Pathankot district">Pathankot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kapurthala_district" title="Kapurthala district">Kapurthala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hoshiarpur_district" title="Hoshiarpur district">Hoshiarpur</a>. Two main rivers <a href="/wiki/Beas" class="mw-redirect" title="Beas">Beas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ravi_River" title="Ravi River">Ravi</a> passes through the district. The <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a> is said to have been enthroned in a garden near <a href="/wiki/Kalanaur,_Punjab" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalanaur, Punjab">Kalanaur</a>, a historically important town in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is at the foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>. </p><p>As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Punjab (out of <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Punjab,_India" title="List of districts of Punjab, India">22</a>), after <a href="/wiki/Ludhiana_district" title="Ludhiana district">Ludhiana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amritsar_district" title="Amritsar district">Amritsar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Batala" title="Batala">Batala</a>, with 31% of the district's population, is its largest city. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coin_of_Dharaghosha_king_of_the_Audumbaras.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Coin_of_Dharaghosha_king_of_the_Audumbaras.jpg/300px-Coin_of_Dharaghosha_king_of_the_Audumbaras.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Coin_of_Dharaghosha_king_of_the_Audumbaras.jpg/450px-Coin_of_Dharaghosha_king_of_the_Audumbaras.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Coin_of_Dharaghosha_king_of_the_Audumbaras.jpg 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="265" /></a><figcaption>Coin of Dharaghosha, king of the <a href="/wiki/Audumbaras" title="Audumbaras">Audumbaras</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Greek">Indo-Greek</a> style, from Gurdaspur district, c. 100 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-Rapson_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rapson-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Obv:</b> Standing figure, probably of <a href="/wiki/Vishvamitra" title="Vishvamitra">Vishvamitra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kharoshthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kharoshthi">Kharoshthi</a> legend, around: <i>Mahadevasa Dharaghoshasa/Odumbarisa</i> "Great Lord King Dharaghosha/Prince of Audumabara", across: <i>Viçvamitra</i> "Vishvamitra".<br /><b>Rev:</b> Trident battle-axe, tree with railing, <a href="/wiki/Brahmi" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmi">Brahmi</a> legend identical in content to the obverse.<sup id="cite_ref-Rapson_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rapson-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_period">Medieval period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Medieval period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 14, 1556 AD, <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a> was crowned as emperor at <a href="/wiki/Kalanaur,_Gurdaspur" title="Kalanaur, Gurdaspur">Kalanaur</a>, a town in the district, after the death of his father <a href="/wiki/Humayun" title="Humayun">Humayun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This area was used as a base by <a href="/wiki/Banda_Singh_Bahadur" title="Banda Singh Bahadur">Banda Singh Bahadur</a> to raid the area up to <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>. The Mughal emperor <a href="/wiki/Bahadur_Shah_I" title="Bahadur Shah I">Bahadur Shah</a> conducted an expedition against him in 1711, but with only temporary effect. Banda Singh Bahadur fought his <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Gurdaspur" title="Siege of Gurdaspur">last battle</a> against Mughals at <a href="/wiki/Gurdas_Nangal" title="Gurdas Nangal">Gurdas Nangal</a> and was captured.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 May 1746, the <a href="/wiki/Chhota_Ghallughara" title="Chhota Ghallughara">Chhota Ghallughara</a> (smaller Sikh genocide) took place. Approximately 10,000 to 15,000 Sikhs were killed in battle on a single day in <a href="/wiki/Kahnuwan" title="Kahnuwan">Kahnuwan</a>, near Gurdaspur. Under the Lahore governorship of Yahiya Khan, Lakhpat Rai (revenue minister) and Shah Navaz Khan were directed to avenge the killing of Lakhpat Rai's brother, Jaspat Rai. An official decree to exterminate Sikhs was issued.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In about 1633 <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">CE</a>, during the rule of Shah Jahan, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Badshahi_canal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Badshahi canal (page does not exist)">Badshahi canal</a> was constructed for carrying waters to the Shalimar Gardens at Lahore. Maharaja Ranjit Singh constructed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansali_canal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hansali canal (page does not exist)">Hansali canal</a> to carry waters to the tank of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Temple" title="Golden Temple">Golden Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Raj">British Raj</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: British Raj"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gurdwara_Darbar_Sahib_Kartarpur3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Gurdwara_Darbar_Sahib_Kartarpur3.jpg/280px-Gurdwara_Darbar_Sahib_Kartarpur3.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Gurdwara_Darbar_Sahib_Kartarpur3.jpg/420px-Gurdwara_Darbar_Sahib_Kartarpur3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Gurdwara_Darbar_Sahib_Kartarpur3.jpg/560px-Gurdwara_Darbar_Sahib_Kartarpur3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3875" data-file-height="2268" /></a><figcaption>Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, which commemorates the first Sikh commune founded by <a href="/wiki/Guru_Nanak" title="Guru Nanak">Guru Nanak</a> on the right bank of Ravi, went to Pakistan in the Partition of India</figcaption></figure> <p>The district of Gurdaspur came into being in April 1846 after the annexation of Punjab by the British.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Rule</a> the district of Gurdaspur was a subdivision of <a href="/wiki/Lahore_Division_(British_India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lahore Division (British India)">Lahore Division</a>, the district itself was administratively subdivided into four <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsils</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur" title="Gurdaspur">Gurdaspur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batala" title="Batala">Batala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pathankot" title="Pathankot">Pathankot</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">India's first war of independence</a>, on 12 July 1857, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Trimmu_Ghat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Trimmu Ghat (page does not exist)">battle of Trimmu Ghat</a> was fought between the forces of British and Indian rebel sepoys on the left bank of Ravi.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>Trimmu Ghat was about 9 miles west of Gurdaspur city in the district. Most of the Indian rebel sepoys were killed in the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 1881 census the population of the district was 823,695 this had risen by over 100,000 to 943,922 in the 1891 census. However, the 1901 census recorded a fall in population – 940,334, this was largely due to emigration – some 44,000 settlers settling in <a href="/wiki/Faisalabad" title="Faisalabad">Chenab colony</a>. According to the 1901 census there were 463,371 Muslims (49%), 380,636 Hindus (over 40%) and 91,756 (10%) Sikhs. <a href="/wiki/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad" title="Mirza Ghulam Ahmad">Mirza Ghulam Ahmad</a> who founded the <a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmadiyya</a> movement had followers here.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India#Geographic_partition,_1947" title="Partition of India">partition of India in 1947</a> the future of Gurdaspur was highly contested. According to the 1941 census, the population of this district had a narrow 51.14% Muslim majority. <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_Line" title="Radcliffe Line">Radcliffe Award</a> of the boundary gave only the Shakargarh tehsil of the district to Pakistan, and the rest to India. The Muslim population of the eastern tehsils migrated to Pakistan as refugees, and the Hindus and Sikhs of Shakargarh migrated to Gurdaspur after crossing the Ravi Bridge. They settled and spread in the Gurdaspur district. According to the 1951 census, there were around 2,97,581 displaced persons who had settled in the district, who formed about 34.96% of the district population.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the total displaced persons 1,59,716 were males and 1,37,865 females. The origin of most of them were pakistani districts of <a href="/wiki/Sialkot" title="Sialkot">Sialkot</a> (1,93,182), <a href="/wiki/Shakargarh" title="Shakargarh">Shakargarh</a> (43,203), <a href="/wiki/Lyallpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur">Lyallpur</a> (17,783) and <a href="/wiki/Shekhupura" class="mw-redirect" title="Shekhupura">Shekhupura</a> (8,826).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_India">Modern India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New tehsil of Dera Baba Nanak was created in 1995 and Dhar Kalan in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 July 2011 a part of district was carved out to form a new <a href="/wiki/Pathankot_district" title="Pathankot district">Pathankot district</a>, which was earlier part of Gurdaspur. The Pathankot district comprises two sub-divisions of Pathankot and Dharkalan along with two sub-tehsils namely Narot Jaimal Singh and Bamial. </p><p>On 27 July 2015, there was a <a href="/wiki/2015_Gurdaspur_attack" title="2015 Gurdaspur attack">terror attack in Dinanagar</a>, which is situated in the northern part of the district. During this, three heavily armed terrorists wearing army uniforms attacked a bus and police station. Before being killed in 12 hour long operation, the terrorists killed 7 people, of which 2 were civilians, 2 policemen, 2 home guards and one Superintendent of Police (SP). About 5 kilometres from Dinanagar, five live bombs were found on a small bridge near Parmanand railway station on the Amritsar-Pathankot railway track, which were later disposed. The terrorists were said to have come Pakistan. It was the first major terror attack in Punjab since 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 December, 2014, new tehsil of Kalanaur was created. New tehsil of Dinanagar was created in May 2018. Earlier, they were sub-tehsils.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Gurdaspur district is in the north of Punjab state. It falls in the Jalandhar division and is sandwiched between rivers Ravi and Beas. The district lies between north-latitude 31°36' and 32°34' and east longitude 74°56' and 75°24' and shares common boundaries with Pathankot district in the north, Beas River in the north-east, Hoshiarpur district in the south-east, Kapurthala district in the south, Amritsar district in the south-west and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> in the north-west. It is a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Border_areas_of_Punjab,_India&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Border areas of Punjab, India (page does not exist)">border district of Punjab</a> and lies along <a href="/wiki/India-Pakistan_border" class="mw-redirect" title="India-Pakistan border">India-Pakistan border</a>. </p><p>As of 2011, 5.24% of the district area, including Pathankot, consists of <a href="/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forest</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Gurdaspur_district" title="List of cities and towns in Gurdaspur district">List of cities and towns in Gurdaspur district</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Name of MLA </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Bench </th></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gurudaspur_Assembly_constituency" title="Gurudaspur Assembly constituency">Gurdaspur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barindermeet_Singh_Pahra" title="Barindermeet Singh Pahra">Barindermeet Singh Pahra</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dina_Nagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Dina Nagar Assembly constituency">Dina Nagar</a> (SC) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Chaudhary" title="Aruna Chaudhary">Aruna Chaudhary</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Qadian_Assembly_constituency" title="Qadian Assembly constituency">Qadian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Partap_Singh_Bajwa" title="Partap Singh Bajwa">Partap Singh Bajwa</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Batala_Assembly_constituency" title="Batala Assembly constituency">Batala</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amansher_Singh" title="Amansher Singh">Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi)</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0072B0;" data-sort-value="Aam Aadmi Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">Aam Aadmi Party</a> </td> <td>Government </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Hargobindpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Sri Hargobindpur Assembly constituency">Sri Hargobindpur</a> (SC) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amarpal_Singh" title="Amarpal Singh">Amarpal Singh</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0072B0;" data-sort-value="Aam Aadmi Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">Aam Aadmi Party</a> </td> <td>Government </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fatehgarh_Churian_Assembly_constituency" title="Fatehgarh Churian Assembly constituency">Fatehgarh Churian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tripat_Rajinder_Singh_Bajwa" title="Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa">Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dera_Baba_Nanak_Assembly_constituency" title="Dera Baba Nanak Assembly constituency">Dera Baba Nanak</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukhjinder_Singh_Randhawa" title="Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa">Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tehsil">Tehsil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tehsil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="80%"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Tehsil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Sr. No. </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Subdivision /Tehsil </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Inhabited Villages </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Uninhabited Villages </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Area(km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Population </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Density Per km<sup>2</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>Gurdaspur</td> <td>679</td> <td>37</td> <td>1,369</td> <td>744,092</td> <td><b>544</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>Batala</td> <td>347</td> <td>5</td> <td>936</td> <td>618,105</td> <td><b>660</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>Dera Baba Nanak</td> <td>131</td> <td>6</td> <td>305</td> <td>115,660</td> <td><b>379</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>Kalanaur </td></tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>Dinanagar </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td></td> <td>1,157</td> <td>48</td> <td>2,610</td> <td>1,477,857</td> <td><b>566</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td width="300" valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sub_Tehsils_(Total_:_7)"><span id="Sub_Tehsils_.28Total_:_7.29"></span>Sub Tehsils (Total : 7)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sub Tehsils (Total : 7)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Sub-Tehsil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Sr. No. </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Sub Tehsil Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>Kahnuwan </td></tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>Sri Hargobindpur </td></tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>Qadian </td></tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>Fatehgarh Churian </td></tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>Dhariwal </td></tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>Naushera Majha Singh </td></tr> <tr> <td>7.</td> <td>Dorangla </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="C.D._Blocks_(Total_:_11)"><span id="C.D._Blocks_.28Total_:_11.29"></span>C.D. Blocks (Total : 11)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: C.D. Blocks (Total : 11)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>C.D. Blocks </caption> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Sr. No. </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Block Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>Gurdaspur </td></tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>Kalanaur </td></tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>Dhariwal </td></tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>Kahnuwan </td></tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>Dinanagar </td></tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>Batala </td></tr> <tr> <td>7.</td> <td>Fatehgarh Churian </td></tr> <tr> <td>8.</td> <td>Dera Baba Nanak </td></tr> <tr> <td>9.</td> <td>Sri Hargobindpur </td></tr> <tr> <td>10.</td> <td>Qadian </td></tr> <tr> <td>11.</td> <td>Dorangla </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Municipal_Corporation_(Nagar_Nigam)"><span id="Municipal_Corporation_.28Nagar_Nigam.29"></span>Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Municipal Corporation Name </caption> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Sr. No. </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Corporation Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>Batala </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Municipal_Councils">Municipal Councils</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Municipal Councils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Municipal Name </caption> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Sr. No. </th> <th bgcolor="#99ccff">Municipal Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>Gurdaspur </td></tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>Dhariwal </td></tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>Dinanagar </td></tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>Sri Hargobindpur </td></tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>Dera Baba Nanak </td></tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>Fatehgarh Churian </td></tr> <tr> <td>7.</td> <td>Qadian </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Villages">Villages</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdal,_Gurdaspur,_Punjab" title="Abdal, Gurdaspur, Punjab">Abdal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangowani" title="Bangowani">Bangowani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnala" title="Barnala">Barnala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhoon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bhoon (page does not exist)">Bhoon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chakarrayian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chakarrayian (page does not exist)">Chakarrayian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dabanwala" title="Dabanwala">Dabanwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojala" title="Khojala">Khojala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ram_nagar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ram nagar (page does not exist)">Ram nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahowal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sahowal (page does not exist)">Sahowal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talwandi_Jheuran" title="Talwandi Jheuran">Talwandi Jheuran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vero_Nangal" title="Vero Nangal">Vero Nangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zahadpur" title="Zahadpur">Zahadpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zahidpur" title="Zahidpur">Zahidpur</a></li> <li>Bhagowal</li> <li>Daaduwal</li> <li>Dalam</li> <li>Gunopur</li> <li>Kahnuwan</li> <li>Mallianwal</li> <li>Naagan de dere</li> <li>Rorr khehra</li> <li>Sarhwali</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">702,372</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">622,008</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">634,394</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">718,523</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.25%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">854,968</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.75%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">851,140</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.04%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">980,868</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.43%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,229,464</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.28%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,513,435</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.10%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,756,732</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.50%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,103,455</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.82%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,298,323</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.89%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census</a> Gurdaspur district has a <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">population</a> of 2,298,323,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly equal to the nation of <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a><sup id="cite_ref-cia_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the US state of <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gives it a ranking of 196th in India (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district has a population density of 649 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,680/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> over the decade 2001–2011 was 9.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gurdaspur has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 895 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1000 males,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">literacy rate</a> of 79.95%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the separation of the <a href="/wiki/Pathankot_district" title="Pathankot district">Pathankot tehsil</a> into a separate district in 2011, the residual district has a population of 1,621,725 of which 1,260,572 were rural and 361,153 were urban. Scheduled Castes have a population of 373,544 (23.03%) of the population. <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> is the predominant language, spoken by 98.27% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-languages3_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gender">Gender</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Gender"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The table below shows the <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of Gurdaspur through the years, according to various census years.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Note:- The figure for 2011 does not include the data of the areas that currently form <a href="/wiki/Pathankot_district" title="Pathankot district">Pathankot district</a>, which were separated from Gurdaspur on that year, to form a new district. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Decadal sex ratio of Gurdaspur district by census years<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year <p>(Census) </p> </th> <th>Sex Ratio </th></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>907 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>890 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>903 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td>907 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971</td> <td>890 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td>869 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951</td> <td>846 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1941</td> <td>843 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td>809 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1921</td> <td>794 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1911</td> <td>774 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1901</td> <td>853 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Gurdaspur district. Note:- The data till year 2001 also includes the data from the areas currently in the Pathankot district. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in Gurdaspur district<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Urban</th> <th>Rural </th></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>828</td> <td>818 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>762</td> <td>797 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the National Family Health Survey - 4 (2015-16), 88.2% of the total women between the ages of 15 and 49 years in Gurdaspur district were literate, this rate was 86.7% for rural areas of the district. For men in the same age group, 90.4% were literate and this rate was 90.7% for rural areas. According to the same survey, 62.7% of the women of the same age group had 10 or more years of schooling and this rate was 57.6% for rural areas.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rural_and_Urban">Rural and Urban</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rural and Urban"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The table below shows the percentage of rural population through the decades.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Note:- The separation of the areas in the current Pathankot district in 2011, may have significantly changed the numbers and figures for that year. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Percentage of rural population in Gurdaspur district by years<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>77.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>74.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>78.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td>78.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971</td> <td>79.7% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The table below gives the absolute number of rural and urban population through the years.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Note:- The separation of the areas in the current Pathankot district in 2011, may have significantly changed the numbers and figures for that year. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Rural and Urban population of Gurdaspur in absolute numbers by years<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Urban</th> <th>Rural </th></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>3,61,153</td> <td>12,60,572 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>5,35,223</td> <td>15,68,788 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>3,86,412</td> <td>13,71,796 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td>3,28,268</td> <td>11,85,167 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971</td> <td>2,49,084</td> <td>9,80,165 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:Gray; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1987.7609902728px; border-left-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 979.04265440088px; border-left-color:Blue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Blue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Blue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 105.68790000649px; border-left-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:51.336152810266px 85.817244273171px 0 0; border-top-color:Darkkhaki"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Darkkhaki"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religion in Gurdaspur District, 2011 </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Darkkhaki; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> (58.58%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (29.36%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Blue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (10.44%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (0.82%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Gray; color:black;"> </span> Other (0.80%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>Sikhism is the largest religion in the residual district with 950,016 (58.58%), while Hinduism is the second-largest with 476,095 (29.36%). Christians are the third-largest community with 169,295 (10.44%), the highest share of Christians in the state, and Muslims 13,350 (0.82%).<sup id="cite_ref-Religion_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Religion-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition</a>, undivided Gurdaspur district had a slight Muslim majority with a large Hindu minority and smaller Sikh and Christian populations. The area which now forms the current district had a Muslim majority and a large Sikh minority, with smaller Hindu and Christian populations. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in Gurdaspur District (2011 district borders)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_India" title="Religion in India">Religious</a><br />group </th> <th colspan="2">1941<sup id="cite_ref-GurdaspurDistrict1941_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GurdaspurDistrict1941-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 61–62">: 61–62 </span></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2011<sup id="cite_ref-religion_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Punjab,_India" title="Islam in Punjab, India">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>380,775 </td> <td>53.72% </td> <td>13,350 </td> <td>0.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/31px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td>193,108 </td> <td>27.24% </td> <td>950,016 </td> <td>58.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Hindus" title="Punjabi Hindus">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/31px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-ad-dharmi_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-dharmi-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>90,412 </td> <td>12.75% </td> <td>476,095 </td> <td>29.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Punjab,_India" title="Christianity in Punjab, India">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td>43,176 </td> <td>6.09% </td> <td>169,295 </td> <td>10.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others <sup id="cite_ref-others_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,401 </td> <td>0.20% </td> <td>12,969 </td> <td>0.80% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total Population </th> <th>708,872 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>1,621,725 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Gurdaspur district.<sup id="cite_ref-District-wise_Population_by_Religion_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-District-wise_Population_by_Religion-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Note:- The separation of the areas in the current Pathankot district in 2011, may have significantly changed the numbers and figures for that year. </p> <table class="wikitable sort"> <caption>Absolute numbers of different religious groups in Gurdaspur district<sup id="cite_ref-District-wise_Population_by_Religion_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-District-wise_Population_by_Religion-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion</th> <th>Urban (2011)</th> <th>Rural (2011)</th> <th>Urban (2001)</th> <th>Rural (2001)</th> <th>Urban (1991)</th> <th>Rural (1991) </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hindu</td> <td>4,78,989</td> <td>5,95,343</td> <td>3,79,724</td> <td>6,16,522</td> <td>2,51,831</td> <td>4,76,531 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sikh</td> <td>1,40,536</td> <td>8,62,338</td> <td>1,28,697</td> <td>8,06,266</td> <td>66,020</td> <td>6,09,380 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Christian</td> <td>26,151</td> <td>1,50,436</td> <td>21,668</td> <td>1,27,315</td> <td>8,713</td> <td>90,924 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Muslim</td> <td>8,292</td> <td>5,351</td> <td>4,329</td> <td>807</td> <td>1,540</td> <td>164 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other religions</td> <td>5,351</td> <td>11,512</td> <td>807</td> <td>2,246</td> <td>164</td> <td>510 </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Population_of_Muslims_and_Non-Muslims_in_Gurdaspur_District,_1891-1941.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Population_of_Muslims_and_Non-Muslims_in_Gurdaspur_District%2C_1891-1941.svg/251px-Population_of_Muslims_and_Non-Muslims_in_Gurdaspur_District%2C_1891-1941.svg.png" decoding="async" width="251" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Population_of_Muslims_and_Non-Muslims_in_Gurdaspur_District%2C_1891-1941.svg/377px-Population_of_Muslims_and_Non-Muslims_in_Gurdaspur_District%2C_1891-1941.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Population_of_Muslims_and_Non-Muslims_in_Gurdaspur_District%2C_1891-1941.svg/502px-Population_of_Muslims_and_Non-Muslims_in_Gurdaspur_District%2C_1891-1941.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption>Populations of Muslim and Non-Muslims in Gurdaspur District, based on Census Data. In the 1881 Census, Non-Muslims were in majority, at 52.49%. While the Non-Muslims had a slight majority, the proportion of the Muslim population increased in the following decades. By the 1930s, Muslims were the majority population in the District.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religious groups in Gurdaspur District (<a href="/wiki/British_Punjab_province" class="mw-redirect" title="British Punjab province">British Punjab province</a> era) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_India" title="Religion in India">Religious</a><br />group </th> <th colspan="2">1901<sup id="cite_ref-Census1901_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1901-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1911<sup id="cite_ref-Census1911_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1911B_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911B-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1921<sup id="cite_ref-Census1921_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1921-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1931<sup id="cite_ref-Census1931_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1931-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1941<sup id="cite_ref-Census1941_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1941-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </th> <td>463,371 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001492772780735355♠" style="display:none"></span>49.28% </td> <td>408,216 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001487846734650220♠" style="display:none"></span>48.78% </td> <td>422,877 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001496222682212459♠" style="display:none"></span>49.62% </td> <td>493,216 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001507999810484726♠" style="display:none"></span>50.8% </td> <td>589,923 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001511415149053628♠" style="display:none"></span>51.14% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-ad-dharmi_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-dharmi-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>380,636 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001404788085935423♠" style="display:none"></span>40.48% </td> <td>284,017 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001339420223693220♠" style="display:none"></span>33.94% </td> <td>258,823 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001303714421163305♠" style="display:none"></span>30.37% </td> <td>255,949 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001263620895294871♠" style="display:none"></span>26.36% </td> <td>290,774 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001252077353401918♠" style="display:none"></span>25.21% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </th> <td>91,756 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000975780945919216♠" style="display:none"></span>9.76% </td> <td>121,078 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001144696697184773♠" style="display:none"></span>14.47% </td> <td>137,625 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001161495296834516♠" style="display:none"></span>16.15% </td> <td>178,471 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001183820545515594♠" style="display:none"></span>18.38% </td> <td>221,261 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001191815249269404♠" style="display:none"></span>19.18% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </th> <td>4,471 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999475469354505952♠" style="display:none"></span>0.48% </td> <td>23,365 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000279228128125855♠" style="display:none"></span>2.79% </td> <td>32,832 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000385265292328489♠" style="display:none"></span>3.85% </td> <td>43,243 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000445391791928709♠" style="display:none"></span>4.45% </td> <td>51,522 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000446653738022437♠" style="display:none"></span>4.47% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </th> <td>72 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997765685384129468♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>73 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997872401170690666♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>20 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997234688896398933♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>15 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997154496146866097♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>25 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997216729619396780♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Faravahar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/15px-Faravahar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/23px-Faravahar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/30px-Faravahar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </th> <td>28 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997297766538272571♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>22 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997262915421304036♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>12 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997140813337839360♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996205994862488129♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996520151086552273♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/15px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/23px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/30px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="697" /></a></span> </th> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996352033344598400♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996205994862488129♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_of_David.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/15px-Star_of_David.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/23px-Star_of_David.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/30px-Star_of_David.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="693" /></a></span> </th> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Others </th> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total population </th> <th>940,334 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>836,771 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>852,192 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>970,898 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>1,153,511 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="11"><span style="font-size:85%;">Note: <a href="/wiki/British_Punjab_province" class="mw-redirect" title="British Punjab province">British Punjab province</a> era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(British_India)" title="Punjab Province (British India)">Punjab Province region</a> during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in the <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">Tehsils</a> of Gurdaspur District (1921)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1921_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1921-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">Tehsil</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2">Others<sup id="cite_ref-othersC_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-othersC-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Gurdaspur Tehsil </th> <td>46,297 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001197727059185294♠" style="display:none"></span>19.77% </td> <td>122,606 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001523630555294559♠" style="display:none"></span>52.36% </td> <td>48,817 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001208489574880630♠" style="display:none"></span>20.85% </td> <td>16,406 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000700673938482826♠" style="display:none"></span>7.01% </td> <td>20 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997854167912328205♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>234,146 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Batala Tehsil </th> <td>45,129 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001163691760822648♠" style="display:none"></span>16.37% </td> <td>145,672 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001528381000743575♠" style="display:none"></span>52.84% </td> <td>73,212 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001265554326338888♠" style="display:none"></span>26.56% </td> <td>11,682 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000423729120948874♠" style="display:none"></span>4.24% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>275,695 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Pathankot Tehsil </th> <td>76,752 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001592670383468981♠" style="display:none"></span>59.27% </td> <td>48,431 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001373978780250498♠" style="display:none"></span>37.4% </td> <td>3,293 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000254281787153866♠" style="display:none"></span>2.54% </td> <td>1,011 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999780682923815848♠" style="display:none"></span>0.78% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>15 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998115828326975645♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>129,502 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Shakargargh Tehsil </th> <td>90,645 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001425865284779350♠" style="display:none"></span>42.59% </td> <td>106,168 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001498794920342590♠" style="display:none"></span>49.88% </td> <td>12,303 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000578015400589150♠" style="display:none"></span>5.78% </td> <td>3,733 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000175382548191440♠" style="display:none"></span>1.75% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>212,849 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="15"><span style="font-size:85%;">Note: <a href="/wiki/British_Punjab_province" class="mw-redirect" title="British Punjab province">British Punjab province</a> era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(British_India)" title="Punjab Province (British India)">Punjab Province region</a> during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in the <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">Tehsils</a> of Gurdaspur District (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1941_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1941-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">Tehsil</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-ad-dharmi_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-dharmi-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2">Others<sup id="cite_ref-othersB_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-othersB-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Gurdaspur Tehsil </th> <td>57,281 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001174202220674596♠" style="display:none"></span>17.42% </td> <td>171,498 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001521557452580294♠" style="display:none"></span>52.16% </td> <td>76,695 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001233243821068733♠" style="display:none"></span>23.32% </td> <td>22,506 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000684449499572713♠" style="display:none"></span>6.84% </td> <td>22 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997669061094401479♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>817 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999248464960966367♠" style="display:none"></span>0.25% </td> <th>328,819 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Batala Tehsil </th> <td>33,610 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000884350340610388♠" style="display:none"></span>8.84% </td> <td>209,277 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001550652145884916♠" style="display:none"></span>55.07% </td> <td>116,413 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001306307278195409♠" style="display:none"></span>30.63% </td> <td>20,670 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000543871512657445♠" style="display:none"></span>5.44% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>83 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998218390592890991♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <th>380,053 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Pathankot Tehsil </th> <td>83,330 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001544163934854441♠" style="display:none"></span>54.42% </td> <td>59,548 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001388862042394242♠" style="display:none"></span>38.89% </td> <td>7,580 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000494991314796191♠" style="display:none"></span>4.95% </td> <td>2,307 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000150652369819896♠" style="display:none"></span>1.51% </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997195906852821711♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>366 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999239006360442488♠" style="display:none"></span>0.24% </td> <th>153,134 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Shakargargh Tehsil </th> <td>116,553 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001399831906828356♠" style="display:none"></span>39.98% </td> <td>149,600 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001513198744446922♠" style="display:none"></span>51.32% </td> <td>20,573 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000705751187801238♠" style="display:none"></span>7.06% </td> <td>4,779 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000163942299445978♠" style="display:none"></span>1.64% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>291,505 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="15"><span style="font-size:85%;">Note1: <a href="/wiki/British_Punjab_province" class="mw-redirect" title="British Punjab province">British Punjab province</a> era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(British_India)" title="Punjab Province (British India)">Punjab Province region</a> during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.<br /><br />Note2: <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">Tehsil</a> religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census</a>. Does not include <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian_people" title="Anglo-Indian people">Anglo-Indian Christians</a> or <a href="/wiki/British_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="British Christianity">British Christians</a>, who were classified under "Other" category.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The income of <a href="/wiki/Municipalities" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities">Municipalities</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporations" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal corporations">Municipal corporations</a> in the Gurdaspur district from municipal rates and taxes in the year 2018 was 380,930 thousand rupees.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020–21, there were a total of 7,740 registered Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) and Artisan units in Gurdaspur district, which provided employment to 56,298 people. There were 9 registered Medium and Large industrial Unit, which provided employment to 2,709 people.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010–11, there were 7,840 registered industrial units which provided employment to 55,541 people.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The major export items of large scale industries in Gurdaspur were rice, sugar and knitting yarn.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The table below shows the number of registered working factories and workers employed by selected manufacturing industries in Gurdaspur district as of 2017. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Number of registered working factories and workers employed by selected manufacturing industries in Gurdaspur district in 2017<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Industry</th> <th>Factories</th> <th>Workers </th></tr> <tr> <td>Chemicals and chemical products</td> <td>1</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Non-metalic mineral products</td> <td>9</td> <td>81 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Beverages</td> <td>13</td> <td>109 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Food products and Beverages products</td> <td>16</td> <td>202 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health">Health</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Health_in_Gurdaspur_district" title="Health in Gurdaspur district">Health in Gurdaspur district</a></div> <p>As of 2018, the number of registered doctors in the Gurdaspur district were 1,642 and registered nurses were 6,118.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>Which means the average population served per doctor for that year was 1,058.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the year 2017, Gurdaspur district recorded 12 <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a> cases, which was tenth lowest in Punjab.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The table given below shows the population served per doctor in Gurdaspur district, by years.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Population served per doctor in Gurdaspur district by years<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Population</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>1,058</td> <td>2000</td> <td>2,490 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td>1,671</td> <td>1999</td> <td>2,382 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>1,845</td> <td>1998</td> <td>2,377 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>2,091</td> <td>1997</td> <td>2,441 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>2,108</td> <td>1996</td> <td>2,536 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td>1,973</td> <td>1995</td> <td>2,558 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td>2,228</td> <td>1994</td> <td>2,598 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td>2,408</td> <td>1993</td> <td>3,019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td>2,478</td> <td>1992</td> <td>2,043 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>2,452</td> <td>1991</td> <td>2,806 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>2,547</td> <td>1990</td> <td>2,986 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2016, 88.5% women in Gurdaspur district gave birth in a health facility, which was the second lowest in the state. In 2016, 42.1% of the children upto 59 months of age received postnatal care within two days of their birth, which was fourth lowest in the state. In the same year, 83.7% of the women received postnatal care within two days of childbirth, which was fifth lowest in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Gurdaspur, as of year 2020. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Gurdaspur, year 2020 <sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Indicators</th> <th>Number of children (<5 years)</th> <th>Percent (2020) </th></tr> <tr> <td>Stunted</td> <td>43,739</td> <td>25% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wasted</td> <td>16,481</td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Severely wasted</td> <td>7,883</td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Underweight</td> <td>26,648</td> <td>15% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Overweight/obesity</td> <td>11,353</td> <td>7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anemia</td> <td>1,09,852</td> <td>70% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total children</td> <td>1,74,398</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Gurdaspur of women between the ages of 15 to 49 years, as of year 2020. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>District nutritional profile of Gurdaspur of women of 15-49 years, in 2020<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Indicators</th> <th>Number of women (15-49 years)</th> <th>Percent (2020) </th></tr> <tr> <td>Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2)</td> <td>81,803</td> <td>11% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Overweight/obesity</td> <td>3,01,906</td> <td>41% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hypertension</td> <td>2,70,494</td> <td>37% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Diabetes</td> <td>1,11,229</td> <td>15% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anemia (non-preg)</td> <td>4,09,457</td> <td>56% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anemia (preg)</td> <td>10,904</td> <td>43% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total women (preg)</td> <td>25,287</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total women</td> <td>7,35,639</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The table below shows the current use of family planning methods by currently married women between the age of 15 and 49 years, in Gurdaspur district. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Family planning methods used by women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, in Gurdaspur district<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Method</th> <th>Total (2015–16)</th> <th>Rural (2015–16) </th></tr> <tr> <td>Female sterilization</td> <td>42.1%</td> <td>44.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male sterilization</td> <td>0.4%</td> <td>0.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>IUD/PPIUD</td> <td>4.1%</td> <td>3.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pill</td> <td>1.8%</td> <td>2.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Condom</td> <td>20.1%</td> <td>19.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Any modern method</td> <td>68.5%</td> <td>70.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Any method</td> <td>74.5%</td> <td>76.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total unmet need</td> <td>5.2%</td> <td>5.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Unmet need for spacing</td> <td>2.7%</td> <td>2.8% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Gurdaspur district by year. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Road accidents and people affected in Gurdaspur district by year<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Accidents</th> <th>Killed</th> <th>Injured</th> <th>Vehicles Involved </th></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>191</td> <td>161</td> <td>101</td> <td>242 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>178</td> <td>156</td> <td>79</td> <td>234 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>178</td> <td>158</td> <td>92</td> <td>266 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>227</td> <td>162</td> <td>109</td> <td>308 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science_and_Academia">Science and Academia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Science and Academia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Trehan" title="Naresh Trehan">Naresh Trehan</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cardiovascular" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiovascular">cardiovascular</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cardiothoracic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiothoracic">cardiothoracic</a> surgeon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishfaq_Ahmad_Khan" title="Ishfaq Ahmad Khan">Ishfaq Ahmad</a> - Pakistani nuclear physicist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhai_Ram_Singh" title="Bhai Ram Singh">Bhai Ram Singh</a> - An influential architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucha_Singh_Gill" title="Sucha Singh Gill">Sucha Singh Gill</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Economist" title="Economist">economist</a> with areas of expertise in development economics, <a href="/wiki/International_economics" title="International economics">international economics</a> and economy of Punjab</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardul_Singh_Guraya" title="Sardul Singh Guraya">Sardul Singh Guraya</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Biologist" title="Biologist">biologist</a>, known for his contributions in the fields of <a href="/wiki/Reproductive_physiology" class="mw-redirect" title="Reproductive physiology">reproductive physiology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Developmental_biology" title="Developmental biology">developmental biology</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Khanna" title="Dinesh Khanna">Dinesh Khanna</a> - Badminton player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjit_Singh_Randhawa" title="Surjit Singh Randhawa">Surjit Singh Randhawa</a> - hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manpreet_Gony" title="Manpreet Gony">Manpreet Gony</a> - cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhjot_Singh_(field_hockey)" title="Prabhjot Singh (field hockey)">Prabhjot Singh</a> (Indian hockey player)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivil_Kaushik" title="Shivil Kaushik">Shivil Kaushik</a> - cricketer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gurbachan_Singh_Salaria" title="Gurbachan Singh Salaria">Capt. Gurbachan Singh Salaria</a> - Param Vir Chakra awardee, posthumous</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navdeep_Singh_(Ashok_Chakra)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navdeep Singh (Ashok Chakra)">Lt. Navdeep Singh</a> - Ashoka Chakra awardee, posthumous</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilbagh_Singh" title="Dilbagh Singh">Dilbagh Singh</a> - Air Chief Marshal</li> <li>Admiral <a href="/wiki/Sureesh_Mehta" title="Sureesh Mehta">Sureesh Mehta</a>, 19th <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Indian_Navy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Indian Navy (page does not exist)">Chief of the Indian Navy</a> (31 October 2006 until 31 August 2009) and the first service chief in the Indian armed forces to be born after Indian Independence</li> <li>Lt. Col. <a href="/wiki/Sarbjit_Singh_Kalha" title="Sarbjit Singh Kalha">Sarbjit Singh Kalha</a>, Indian Companion of the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art_and_Entertainment">Art and Entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Art and Entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dev_Anand" title="Dev Anand">Dev Anand</a> - Indian actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premchand_Degra" title="Premchand Degra">Premchand Dogra</a> - Bodybuilder, Mr. Universe, Mr. India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetan_Anand_(director)" title="Chetan Anand (director)">Chetan Anand</a> - director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Anand_(Hindi_film_maker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)">Vijay Anand</a> - director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Khanna" title="Vinod Khanna">Vinod Khanna</a> - Indian actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Kumar_Batalvi" title="Shiv Kumar Batalvi">Shiv Kumar Batalvi</a> - Punjabi writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romesh_Sharma" title="Romesh Sharma">Romesh Sharma</a> - Indian Actor and producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Jassi" title="Jasbir Jassi">Jasbir Jassi</a> - Bhangra singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Randhawa" title="Guru Randhawa">Guru Randhawa</a> - Punjabi singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preet_Harpal" title="Preet Harpal">Preet Harpal</a> - Punjabi singer and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iqbal_Bahu" title="Iqbal Bahu">Iqbal Bahu</a> - Pakistani Sufi singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alla_Rakha" title="Alla Rakha">Alla Rakha</a> - Tabla player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nek_Chand" title="Nek Chand">Nek Chand Saini</a> - Indian artist and creator of the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Garden_of_Chandigarh" title="Rock Garden of Chandigarh">Rock Garden of Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurpreet_Ghuggi" title="Gurpreet Ghuggi">Gurpreet Ghuggi</a> - actor and comedian-turned-politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjit_Bawa" title="Ranjit Bawa">Ranjit Bawa</a> - Punjabi singer and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimrat_Khaira" title="Nimrat Khaira">Nimrat Khaira</a> - Punjabi singer and actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satinder_Satti" title="Satinder Satti">Satinder Satti</a> - anchor-singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varinder_Singh_Ghuman" title="Varinder Singh Ghuman">Varinder Singh Ghuman</a> - bodybuilder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujan_Singh" title="Sujan Singh">Principal Sujan Singh</a> - Punjabi writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobha_Singh_(painter)" title="Sobha Singh (painter)">Sobha Singh</a> - painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumtaz_Mufti" title="Mumtaz Mufti">Mumtaz Mufti</a> - Urdu writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunanda_Sharma" title="Sunanda Sharma">Sunanda Sharma</a> - Punjabi singer and actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harnaaz_Sandhu" title="Harnaaz Sandhu">Harnaaz Sandhu</a> - <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_2021" title="Miss Universe 2021">Miss Universe 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AP_Dhillon" title="AP Dhillon">AP Dhillon</a> - Singer/songwriter, music producer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics_2">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashwani_Kumar_(politician)" title="Ashwani Kumar (politician)">Ashwani Kumar</a> - Former Union Minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Masih_Nahar" title="Robert Masih Nahar">Robert Masih Nahar</a> - Spanish senator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teja_Singh" title="Teja Singh">Teja Singh</a> (singh sabha movement)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Singh_Bajwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratap Singh Bajwa">Pratap Singh Bajwa</a> - Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Teja_Singh_Akarpuri" title="Teja Singh Akarpuri">Teja Singh Akarpuri</a> - <a href="/wiki/Jathedar_of_Akal_Takht" class="mw-redirect" title="Jathedar of Akal Takht">Jathedar of Akal Takht</a></li> <li>Baba <a href="/wiki/Jaimal_Singh" title="Jaimal Singh">Jaimal Singh</a> - Punjabi spiritual leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Nasir_Ahmad" title="Mirza Nasir Ahmad">Mirza Nasir Ahmad</a> (Khalifatul Massih III)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Tahir_Ahmad" title="Mirza Tahir Ahmad">Mirza Tahir Ahmad</a> (Khalifatul Massih IV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad" title="Mirza Ghulam Ahmad">Mirza Ghulam Ahmad</a> - Founder of the <a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmaddiya movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Basheer-ud-Din_Mahmood_Ahmad" title="Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad">Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad</a> (Khalifatul Massih II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Ahmed_Perwez" title="Ghulam Ahmed Perwez">Ghulam Ahmed Pervez</a> - Islamic scholar</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurdaspur_district&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050802074716/http://gurdaspur.nic.in/html/profile.htm#history">"About District"</a>. <i>gurdaspur.nic.in</i>. 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title="Nanakshahi calendar">Nanakshahi calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Bikrami calendar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fairs_and_festivals_in_Punjab,_India" title="List of fairs and festivals in Punjab, India">Fairs and festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_festivals" title="Punjabi festivals">Punjabi festivals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lohri" title="Lohri">Lohri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basant_(festival)" title="Basant (festival)">Basant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maghi" title="Maghi">Maghi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teeyan" title="Teeyan">Teeyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakhri" class="mw-redirect" title="Rakhri">Rakhri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a></li></ul></li> <li>Religious festivals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals_in_Punjab" title="List of Hindu festivals in Punjab">Hindu festivals</a></li> <li><a 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