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.