Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur district falls in the eastern part of the Punjab State and is bounded by
North latitudes 30058’30’’ and 32008’00’’and East longitudes 75028’00’’ and 76030’00’’. It
falls in parts of Survey of India Toposheets nos. 43P,44M and 53A and covering an
area of 3365 sq.km. The district is drained by the river Beas in the north and northwest
and Satluj in the south.. The district is well connected by roads and railways. The main
townships are Hoshiarpur-I and Hoshiarpur-II. The towns are well connected by roads.
Administratively the district has four tahsils, five sub-tahsils and ten blocks. The tahsils
are Hoshiarpur, Dasuya, Garh Shankar and Mukerian.The blocks are Hoshiarpur-I,
Hoshiarpur-II, Bhunga, Tanda, Dasuya, Garh Shankar, Mahipur, Mukerian, Talwara,
Hajipur. The district is one of the second lowest densely populated districts of the state.
The total population of the district as per 2001 census is 1480736. the population
density is 440 persons per sq.km. The decennial growth rate of population of the district
for the decade 1991-2001 was 14.02 percent. Its sex ratio has increased from 924 to
935 between 1991 and 2001 census. Majority of population in the district live in rural
areas i.e. 80.28 % of population (1188662) and 19.72 % (292074) in urban area.

Facts & Figures

Area	3365sq. Km
Area under forests	201
Latitude	between 30° -9' and32°-5' North
Longitude	between 75° -32'and 76° -12' East
Population (2001)	14, 78,045
Males	7, 63,753
Females	7, 14,292
PopulationDensity	439 per sq. km
SexRatio	935
No. of Sub Divisions	4
No. of Tehsils	4
No. of sub-Tehsils	5
Blocks	10
No. of Villages	1,426
PostalCode	146001
STDCode	01882
Averagerainfall	1125 mm

How to reach

Hoshiarpur can be better approached by road. A vast network of bus services is available from Punjab, Delhi, Haryana