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Punjab ਪੰਜਾਬ | |
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 Map of Punjab | |
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| Eik-name(s): Land o Five Rivers | |
 Location o Punjab in Indie | |
 Clockwise frae top: Harmandir Sahib, Quila Mubarak, Gandhi Bhavan, Wagah Border, Jallianwala Bagh Memorial | |
| Coordinates (chandigarh): 30°47′N 76°47′E / 30.79°N 76.78°E | |
| Kintra |  Indie |
| Established | 1966-11-01 |
| Caipital | Chandigarh |
| Lairgest ceety | Amritsar |
| Destricts | 22 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Shivraj Patil[1] |
| • Chief Meenister | Parkash Singh Badal (SAD) |
| • Legislatur | Unicameral (117 seats) |
| • Parliamentary constituency | 13 |
| • Heich Court | Punjab an Haryana Heich Court |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50362 km2 (19,445 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 19t |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 27,704,236 |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| HDI |  0.679 (medium) |
| HDI rank | 9th (2005) |
| Literacy | 76.68% |
| Offeecial leids | Punjabi |
| Website | punjabgovt.nic.in |
Punjab (pronounced /pənˈdʒɑːb/ (deprecatit template); Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ (Gurmukhi)) is a state in the northwast o the Republic o Indie, formin pairt o the lairger Punjab region. The state is bordered bi the Indie states o Himachal Pradesh tae the east, Haryana tae the sooth an sootheast an Rajasthan tae the soothwast as well as the Pakistani province o Punjab tae the wast, it is an aa bundit tae the north bi Jammu an Kashmir. The state caipital is Chandigarh. Major ceeties o Punjab includes Mohali, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bathinda, Patiala an Jalandhar.
Efter the pairtition o Indie in 1947, the Punjab province o Breetish Indie wis dividit atween Indie an Pakistan. The Indie Punjab wis dividit in 1966 wi the formation o the new states o Haryana an Himachal Pradesh as well as the current state o Punjab. Punjab is the anerlie state in Indie wi a majority Sikh population.[3]
Agricultur is the lairgest industry in Punjab; it is the lairgest single provider o wheat tae Indie. Other major industries include the manufacturin o scientific instruments, watter meter, electrical guids, financial services, machine tuils, textiles, sewing machines, sports guids, starch, tourism, fertilisers, bicycles, garments, an the processin o pine ile an succar. Punjab an aa haes the lairgest number o steel rolling mill plants in Indie which are locatit in steel toun Mandi Gobindgarh, destrict Fatehgarh Sahib.
- ↑ Narayanan appointed as WB Governor, Patil gets Punjab Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan Times, January 16, 2010
- ↑ Census of India, 2011. Census Data Online, Population.
- ↑ "Adherents.com: Sikhs". Archived frae the original on 28 Februar 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2011.