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Punjab
Punjab Districts
Punjab state is divided into 18 administrative districts:
Amritsar, Bathinda, Firozpur , Faridkot , Fatehgarh Sahib,
Gurudaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala , Ludhiana,
Mansa, Moga, Muktsar , Nawan Shahr , Patiala,
Rupnagar,Sahibjada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali and Sangrur.
Punjab Economy
Punjab's gross state domestic product for 2004 is
estimated at $27 billion in current prices.
Punjab Agriculture
Historically, Punjab (the five rivers region) has been one
of the most fertile regions on earth. The region is ideal
for wheat-growing. Rice, sugar cane, fruits and vegetables
are also grown. Indian Punjab and is called the "Granary
of India" or "India's bread-basket."
It produces 60% of India's wheat, and 40% of India's rice.
In worldwide terms, this represents 1/30th or 3% of the
world's production of these crops, so Indian Punjab
produces 2% of the world's cotton, 2% of its wheat and 1%
of the world's rice.
Indian Punjab is considered to have the best
infrastructure in India. The Punjabi people are
statistically on average the wealthiest in India. |
