Subdivisions

Districts of Punjab along with their headquarters, before 2007

The area of Punjab can be divided into:

• Majha, a historical region of the Indian Punjab comprising the modern districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, Gurdaspur andTarn Taran. It lies between the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej Rivers. This region is called the heartland of Punjab and is celebrated as being the 'Cradle of Sikhism'.
• Doaba, the region of Indian Punjab between the rivers Beas and Sutlej. The name "Doaba" literally translates to "land between two rivers" in Punjabi ("Do" = two, "Ab" = river). It is one of the most fertile regions of the world and was the centre of the Green Revolution in India. To this day, it remains one of the largest per capita producers of wheat in the world. The cities in Doaba are Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar(Nawashahr), Kapurthala andPhagwara .
• Malwa, a region of Punjab south of the river Sutlej. The Malwa area, consisting of 11 districts, makes up a majority of the Punjab region. Cities such as Ludhiana, Patiala, Mohali, Bathinda, Barnala, Sangrur, Moga, Rupnagar, Ferozepur, Fazilkaand Mansa are located in the Malwa region. Malwa is famous for cotton farming.

Administrative subdivisions

Main article: Districts of Punjab, India

The state of Punjab has 22 districts which comprise subdivisions, tehsils and blocks.

Amritsar Barnala Bathinda Ferozepur Fazilka Fatehgarh Sahib (Sirhind-Fategarh) Faridkot Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Kapurthala Pathankot

Ludhiana Mansa Moga SAS Nagar (Mohali) Muktsar Patiala Rupnagar Sangrur Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) Tarn Taran Fazilka and Pathankot were created in 2013. taking the total number of districts to 22.

Divisions: There are 5 divisions in Punjab. These are Patiala, Rupnagar, Jalandhar, Faridkot and Firozepur.

Tehsils : 82 (in 2015)

Sub tehsils : 87

Maur is the latest tehsil, in the district of Bathinda. Zirakpur is the latest sub-tehsil, in the district of Mohali.

The state capital of Punjab is Chandigarh, a Union territory. It is shared with Haryana, being its state capital too. There are 22 cities and 157 towns in Indian Punjab. The major cities are Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, and SAS Nagar (Mohali).