Author Topic: Districts OF punjab (Read 8484 times)

Sardar_Ji · « **on:** June 24, 2010, 12:35:40 PM »

The total number of districts in Punjab is 20. A district of Punjab is headed by a Deputy Commissioner who is over all in-charge of the administration in the particular district. He has to perform triple functions as he holds three positions: at once he is the Deputy Commissioner, the district Magistrate and the Collector. As a Deputy Commissioner he is the executive head of the district with multifarious responsibilities. As the District Magistrate he is responsible for maintaining the law and order situation in the district. As the Collector he is the Chief Revenue Officer of the district, responsible for revenue collection and recovery. The Police administration in the district is under the control of Superintendent of Police (SP).

To decentralize the authority in administrative set up a district is divided into one or more subdivisions, further divided into tehsils and blocks. Here is a list of 20 districts.

Amritsar
Barnala
Bathinda
Faridkot
FatehgarhSahib
Ferozepur
Gurdaspur
Hoshiarpur
Jalandhar
Kapurthala
Ludhiana
Mansa
Moga
Mohali
Muktsar
Nawanshahr
Patiala
Rupnagar
Sangrur
Tarn Taran

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Districts OF punjab

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