Ferozepur District is one of the twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West India. Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... This article details the Indian state of Punjab. ...

It comprises an area of 11,142 sq km. The surface is level, with the exception of a few sand-hills in the south and south-east. The country consists of two distinct tracts that are liable to annual fertilizing inundations from the Sutlej, the only river, which runs along the north-western boundary. The principal crops are wheat, barley, millet, gram, pulses, oil seeds, cotton, tobacco, &c. The manufactures are of the humblest kind, consisting chiefly of cotton and wool-weaving and are confined entirely to the supply of local wants. The other important towns and sea of commerce are Zira, Fazilka,Abohar, Dharmkot, Mallanwalla and Jalalabad. Geographically it is the biggest district of Punjab. in Owing principally to the dryness of its climate (apart from annual rains in September and October), Ferozepur has the reputation of being an exceptionally healthy district. It has second most rice mills in punjab and used to be big trade centre before partition of India and Pakistan. Zira Zira is an anthropomorphic lioness character in the 1998 Disney direct-to-video movie The Lion King II: Simbas Pride, the sequel to 1994s The Lion King. ... , Fazilka is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India. ... , Abohar (Hindi: अबोहर) is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India, located on the Ganganagar–Delhi railway route, nearly 50 km from Ganganagar. ... Jalalabad (Hindi: जलालाबाद, Urdu: جلال آباد Jalālābād) is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. ...

Ferozepur city is the Capital of this District. The Ferozepur Cantonment adjoining Ferozepur city combines with the city to give the district its most urban hub. Firozpur (or Ferozepur, Ferozepore) is city and district in Punjab, India. ... Firozpur Cantonment is a cantonment town in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India. ...

Location

It is located next to the border with Pakistan. The border being to its west. It has the district of Amritsar to its north. In the south are Fazilka and Abohar. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... , Fazilka is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India. ... , Abohar (Hindi: अबोहर) is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India, located on the Ganganagar–Delhi railway route, nearly 50 km from Ganganagar. ...

Geography

It has extreme climate, with the summers being very hot and the winters very cold. The River Sutlej runs through the district and moves over to the Pakistan side through the Ferozpur Pakistan border. There is a large lake made at the Hussainiwala headworks. Due to new district carved out lately on the east of firozpur district are Moga district and Faridkot district.Towards the south it touches Mukatsar district as well.On the southwest lies Ganganagar district.On the North it is separated from Kapurthala district and in the northwest it is separated from Amritsar district by Satluj River(Formerly:Sutlej) The Sutlej, also known as Satluj, is the longest of the five rivers of Punjab (five waters) that flows through Northern India, with its source in Tibet near Mount Kailash. ... Hussainiwala is a small border village on banks of Sutlej river in Ferozepur district of Punjab state; famous for Bhagat Singh Memorial which marks the location where Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were cremated on March 23, 1931. ...

Demographics

Tehsils

• Abohar
• Zira
• Fazilka
• Jalalabad

, Abohar (Hindi: अबोहर) is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India, located on the Ganganagar–Delhi railway route, nearly 50 km from Ganganagar. ... Zira Zira is an anthropomorphic lioness character in the 1998 Disney direct-to-video movie The Lion King II: Simbas Pride, the sequel to 1994s The Lion King. ... , Fazilka is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India. ... Jalalabad (Hindi: जलालाबाद, Urdu: جلال آباد Jalālābād) is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. ...

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