Fazilka district

Fazilka is a district in Punjab. It was created in 2013.

History
On 27 July 2011, the Government of Punjab created two new districts: Fazilka district by partition of Firozpur district, and Pathankot district by partition of Gurdaspur district.[1]

Location
It is located next to the border with Pakistan, the border being to its west. It has the district of Firozpur to its north, Sri Muktsar Sahibto its east and Rajasthan to the south and Pakistan to its west.

Geography
It has extreme climate, with the summers being very hot and the winters being very cold. The River Sutlej runs through the district and moves over to the Pakistan side through the Indo-Pakistani border.

Administration
The district's chief executive is the Deputy Commissioner. As of 2014 the office was held by Mr. Manjeet Brar, IAS.

The district is administratively subdivided into three tehsils: Abohar is the largest city in Fazilka district.
 * Fazilka
 * Abohar
 * Jalalabad

Demographics
In the 1961 Census of India, 60.2% of the Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district registered their language as Hindi and only 39.4% registered it as Punjabi.
 * Hindi - 60.2 %
 * Punjabi - 39.4 %
 * Other - 0.4 %