Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in Punjab state of India and serves as Mahanagar Palika. It is also one of the districts of Punjab.
As on April 2024, the current population of Amritsar is 12.89 lakhs out of which 6.84 lakhs are males and rest 6.05 lakhs are females. The sex ratio of this city is 884 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.19 lakhs teenagers in Amritsar. It has literacy rate of 75% which means around 9.7 lakhs persons can read and write. Total 2.79 lakhs people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the city. There are around 2.66 lakhs households in Amritsar, which means every family has 5 members on average. The city has working population of 4.76 lakhs.
Schools
Amritsar has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Spring Dale Senior School, Fgc Road
- D.A.V. Public School
- D.A.V International School, Verka Chowk
- Sri Guru Harkrishan Sen Secondary School, Rigo Bridge
- Shaheed Darshan Singh Pheruman Public School, Rayya
Hospitals
Amritsar has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
- Butala Sub-Center
- Primary Health Center Attari
- Bedadpur Sub-Center
- Bohru Sub-Center
- Jagdev Khurd Sub-Center
Banks
Amritsar has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- AU Small Finance Bank Lawrence Road Amritsar
- AU Small Finance Bank Ranjit Avenue Amritsar
- Bank of Baroda Town Hall Branch
- Bank of Baroda Ajnala
- Bank of Baroda New Market Amritsar
Amritsar District
Amritsar is one of the 23 districts of Punjab, spread in an area of 2683 square kilometers. It is divided into 6 Tehsils and 9 blocks. As on 19th April 2024, the current population of Amritsar district is 27.79 lakhs, which includes urban population of 14.89 lakhs and rural population of 12.9 lakhs. The sex ratio of district is 889 females per 1000 males. There are 5.45 lakhs houses in the district which means every household has around 5 members. There are around 2.82 lakhs teenagers in district. It has literacy rate of 68% which means around 18.8 lakhs persons can read and write. The district has working population of 10.24 lakhs. Total 8.6 lakhs people belonging to scheduled caste live in the district.
Tehsils in Amritsar district
Amritsar district has total 6 Tehsil.
Blocks in Amritsar district
Amritsar district has total 9 blocks.
Amritsar Zilla Parishad
Dilraj Singh Sarkaria is the President (Adhyaksha) of Zilla Parishad Amritsar, who can be contacted at email address ep.dpmuasr@gmail.com and mobile number 98784xxx71. The office landline number is 0183-221**34. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Ranbir Singh Mudhal, who can be reached at email address zpamritsar@gmail.com and mobile number 98781xxx00. The office address is Zila Parishad Complex Ajnala Road Amritsar, Enter Address 2, Pincode - 143001. You can reach there by taking a bus till Amritsar bus stop which is around 4 km away. Amritsar Zilla Parishad consists of total 9 Panchayat Samiti.