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Amritsar district

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district in Punjab, India

Key facts

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

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Encyclopedic overview

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

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amritsar district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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