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Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b / ⓘ; [8] Punjabi: [pənˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ) is a state in northwestern India.Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir to the ...
Bhawanigarh, earlier known as Dhode, is a town and a municipal council (Class-2) in the Sangrur district in the state of Punjab, India. [1] It is also the headquarters of Bhawanigarh tehsil, which was formed in December 2016. [2] The town is also called Dhode, after the clan of its original founders.
The term "Punjab" came into currency during the reign of Akbar in the late sixteenth century. [43] [33] [34] Though the name Punjab is of Persian origin, its two parts (پنج, panj, 'five' and آب, āb, 'water') are cognates of the Sanskrit words, पञ्च, pañca, 'five' and अप्, áp, 'water', of the same meaning.
In Punjab, instead of religion, the Akalis launched the Punjabi Suba movement aimed at creation of a Punjabi-majority subah ("province") in the erstwhile East Punjab state of India in the 1950s.In 1966, it resulted in the formation of the Punjabi speaking -majority Punjab state, the Haryanvi-Hindi-majority Haryana state and the Union Territory ...
Sikhism is the most common faith in Punjab, numbering over 16 million people representing 57.69% of the population, making it the only Sikh-majority state in India. Around 38.49% of the population (10.68 million) follow Hinduism, while Islam is followed by 1.93% of the population (535,000) and Christianity 1.26% (350,000). [43]
The Hindi-belt, including Hindi-related languages such as Rajasthani and Bhojpuri In the 2001 census , 422 million (422,048,642) people in India reported Hindi to be their native language. [ 92 ] This figure not only included Hindi speakers of Hindustani , but also people who identify as native speakers of related languages who consider their ...
Ludhiana (Punjabi: [lʊ́d̪ɪˈäːɳäː]) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Punjab. [9] The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 as of the 2011 census and distributed over 310 km 2 (120 sq mi), [6] making Ludhiana the most densely populated urban centre in the state. [10]
According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Amritsar is the second-most populous city in Punjab and the most populous metropolitan region in the state, with a population of roughly 2 million. Amritsar is the centre of the Amritsar Metropolitan Region. Amritsar is the economic capital of Punjab.