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● Area of 50,362 square kilometres(1.53%)of India's total geographical area.
● Total population of punjab is 2.23cr while total population of india is 146cr.So,
Punjab has approx 2.2 percent of the total indian population.
● With over 27 million inhabitants, (16th-largest Indian state by population),
comprising 23 districts.
● The main ethnic group are the Punjabis, with Sikhs (57.7%) and Hindus
(38.5%) forming the dominant religious groups.
● The state capital, Chandigarh, is a union territory and also the capital of the
neighboring state of Haryana.
● At present, the economy of Punjab is the 15th-largest state economy in India
with ₹8.02 trillion in GDP and a per capita GDP of ₹264,000, ranking 17th
among Indian states.
● In 1966, following Hindu and Sikh Punjabi demands, the Indian government
divided Punjab into the state of Punjab and the Hindi majority-speaking states
of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
● 18% of the total population of Punjab is enrolled in schools according to the
2025 data
● Percentage of college students is 27.4% that are eligible for college (age 18-
23), according to the gross-enrolment ratio(GER). This percentage is slightly
below than the average of the national avg of 28.3%
● Students in punjab represent about 2.23% of the total student population of
india
● GDP is 5.4 trillion(rupee)
● Punjab has the second slowest GDP per capita growth rate among all the
indian states and UT’s
● Punjab also has a large diaspora( Punjabis who emigrated out of the Punjab
region in Pakistan and India) that is mostly settled in the United Kingdom, the
United States, and Canada, numbers about 3 million, and sends back billions
of USD in remittances to the state, playing a major role in its economy
● The three main political parties of the state are
Aam Aadmi party
The shiromani akali dal
INC
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