Gurdaspur District

Area: 3542 square kilometers

Density of population: 649 people per square kilometer

Literacy Rate: 81.10 % - Male: 85.90 %, Female: 75.70 %

Male Female Ratio: 1000:895

Boundaries of Gurdaspur District

North: Pathankot District, Punjab

North East: Beas River

South East: Hoshiarpur District, Punjab

South: Kapurthala District, Punjab

South West: Amritsar District, Punjab

North West: Pakistan

Gurdaspur District Average Rainfall: 577 mm

Gurdaspur District Average Temperature in Summer: 32.6 deg C

Gurdaspur District Average Temperature in Winter: 12.54 deg C

GURDASPUR DISTRICT MAP

Major Rivers: River Beas

Tehsils: Gurdaspur, Batala, Dera Baba Nanak

Sub Tehsils: Kahnuwan, Kalanaur, Sri Hargobindpur, Qadian, Dinanagar, Fatehgarh Churian, Dhariwal, Naushehra

Development Blocks: Gurdaspur, Kalanaur, Dhariwal, Kahnuwan, Dinanagar, Batala, Fatehgarh Churian, Dera Baba Nanak, Sri Hargobindpur, Qadian, Dorangla

Assembly Constituencies: Sri Hargobindpur, Batala, Qadian, Fatehgarh Churian, Gardaspur, Dera Baba Nanak, Dina Nagar

Gurdaspur District Nearby Attractions

1. Takht I Akbari

2. Mahakaleshwar Temple at Kalanaur

3. Barath Sahib

4. Baradari – The Summer Resort of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji at Dina Nagar

5. Pandori Dham Temple at Pandori Mahantan

6. Dera Baba Nanak

7. Gurudwara Chola Sahib Dera Baba Nanak

8. Achal Sahib

9. Achaleshwar Temple

10. Shrine of Brave Haqiqat Rai at Batala

11. Dhianpur Shrine

12. Shrine of Dhianpur Sri Baba Lal Dyal Ji

13. Mosque Aqsa

14. Sri Namdev Durbar at Ghuman

15. Jhulna Mahal

16. Gurdas Nangal

17. Gurudwara at Village Gurdas Nangal

18. Sri Hargobindpur

19. Mukeshwar Temple at Shahpur Kandi

Gurdaspur District Facts: It is third most populous district of Punjab next to Ludhiana and Amritsar. On 27^th July 2011, a new district named Pathankot District was carved out of it.           

Major Agricultural Products: Rice, maize, sesamum, arhar, moong, cotton, wheat, barley, rapeseed, mustard, sunflower

Major Horticultural Products: Mangoes, litchi, kinnow, guava, orange, amla, pear, plum, peach, lemon

Major Industries: Atlas Engineering Industries, New Heera Industries, Baljit Technical Industries

What is Gurdaspur District Famous For: Gurudwaras and machine manufacturing

Famous People From Gurdaspur District: Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Dev Anand, Vijay Anand, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Mohammadi Begum, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Jasbir Jassi, Manpreet Gony

Gurdaspur District Pin Codes

Last Updated : Friday Jun 15 , 2012