| Census
2011
District population : 15,86,625
Growth : 7.11%
Sex Ratio : 961
Literacy : 84.59
Brief About Hoshiarpur
District
Location
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
3198.2 Sq. Kms. and a population,
as per 1991 Census, is 12,99,261
persons.
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 avg. rain falls in disst. 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.
The District comprises of four
Sub-Divisions, ten Development Blocks, eight Municipal Councils
and one Notified Area Committee. |
