Hoshiarpur Court

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:

Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the State. It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in the Bist Doab, Doaba region of the State. The district is submountainous and stretches of river Beas in the north-west.

It lies between north latitude 30 degree-9 and 32 degree-05 and east longitude 75degree -32 and 76degree -12’.

It shares common boundaries with Kangra and Una districts of Himachal Pardesh in the north east, Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts (interspersed) in south-west and Gurdaspur district in the north-west.

At present, it has an area of 3386 Sq. Kms. and a population,as per 2011 Census is 15,86,625 persons.

Area & Population (2011 Census )

Total area ( Sq. Km.)

3386

Total population

15,86,625

Male

8,09,057

Female

7,77,568

Total SC Population

5,57,504

Male (SC)

2,84,322

Female (SC)

2,73,182

Female per 1000 male

961

Literacy Rate (Total)

84.6%

Male

88.8%

Female

80.3%

Density of population (per sq. km.)

469

Total No. of villages.

1416 + 3*=1419

No. of Inhabited villages

1385 + 3*=1388

No. of Un-inhabited villages

31

No. of Towns

10

No. of Villages counted as Census Towns for Census purposes

3*

Percentage increase in population (2001-2011)

7.1

*Villages namely Hajipur and Rakri of tehsil Mukerian (Total population 11813) & village Chohal of tehsil Hoshiarpur (population 7304) were counted as Census Towns for census purpose. The total population 19,117 of these three villages has been included in Urban Population by the Census Department.

Population (2011 Census)

Tehsil

Rural

Urban

Total population

%age Rural

%age Urban

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Hoshiarpur

189724

181311

371035

99267

90044

189311

560346

66.2

33.8

Dasuya

153601

150700

304301

28878

27326

56204

360505

84.4

15.6

Garhshankar

153499

148897

302396

14730

13585

28315

330711

91.4

8.6

Mukerian

137646

136278

273924

31712

29427

61139

335063

81.8

18.2

Total

634470

617186

1251656

174587

160382

334969

1586625

78.9

21.1

Source: Director, Census Operation, Punjab

CLIMATE

The district has mild climate compared to other districts of the State. This is due to the abundance of hilly terrain on the one hand and sizeable forest covers thereon, on the other. Moreover, chain of check dams constructed recently on the choes under "Kandi Watershed Development Project" have appreciably enhanced water surface area in the distict. This has made the summer hights quite pleasant.

The pattern of seasons in the district is similar to other districts of the state, except slight variations at the terminals and year may be divided into three main seasons. The summer season sets in April and lasts up to end of June, to be taken over by the rainy season when it becomes hot and sultry. The rainy season sets in July beginning and lasts up to September end. The winter season starts after the rains are over from October and lasts up to March end. May and June are the hottest months when mercury may cross 45 degree C on some days. It is pleasantly hot. The months of December, January and February are the months when winter is quite severe and mercury may however around 5 degree C and on some days it may touch O’C.

RAIN

The total average rain falls in district is 1125 mm .Broadly speaking 75 percent of the rainfall is experienced in the period July to September, Whereas 15 Percent rainfall is experienced in the winter months of January and February are under the influence of western disturbances in the Persion Gulf. Hail storms may occur in the closing period of winter when there is quite a sizeable damage to fruit crops, especially the mango fruit for which this distict is quite renowned in the State.