Amritsar district

Amritsar district
Amritsar district
District of Punjab
	Clockwise from top-left: Harmandir Sahib, Attari-Wagah Border Crossing, Ajnala Fort, 1971 War memorial at Pul Kanjri
	Location in Punjab
	Coordinates: 31°35′N 74°59′E / 31.583°N 74.983°E
Country	India
State	Punjab
Named for	Suffice of Amrit
Headquarters	Amritsar
Government
• Commissioner of Police	Arun Pal Singh
Area
• Total	2,683 km2 (1,036 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,490,656
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	PB-01(commercial) PB-02, PB-14, PB-17, PB-18, PB-81, PB-89
Literacy (7+)	76.27%
Website	amritsar.nic.in

Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district.

As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Punjab (out of 23), after Ludhiana. It is a border district of Punjab and lies along India-Pakistan border.

^ "Arun Pal Singh is new Amritsar City Police Commissioner". Tribune. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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[1] "Arun Pal Singh is new Amritsar City Police Commissioner". Tribune. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

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