What is Amritsar district?
[[Image:Punjab district map.png|thumb|right|250px|Districts of Indian Panjab along with their headquarters]] '''Amritsar district''' (Panjabi:ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ) is one of 26 districts in the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] in West [[India]]. It has a population over 3,000,000 and covers an area of 5075&nbsp;[[Square kilometre|km²]]. The city of [[Amritsar]] is headquarters of this district. ==History== During [[British India|British Rule]] Amritsar was part of [[Lahore Division]] and was subdivided into 3 [[tehsil]]s, there were - [[Amritsar|Amritsar taluka]], [[Tarn Taran taluka]] and [[Ajnala taluka]].<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_327.gif Amritsar District - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 319.]</ref> However, as part of the [[partition of India]] in 1947 Amritsar district was separated from the rest of the division and given to India. During the partition period, the Muslim population of the district, some 46%, left for [[Pakistan]] while Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan settled in the district. As the British said, regarding [[Sikhism|Sikh]] Jats of Manjha (Majha), Jat Sikh is strong, tall, and muscular, with well shaped limbs, erect carriage, and strongly marked and handsome features. They are good cultivators and make fine soldiers. The Muhammadan Jats are poor cultivators. And to mention that Muhammadan Jats were mainly numerous in the Ajnala Riverside area only. ==Jat population of Amritsar District year 1891 census == *Jat Sikh 174,448 (72%) now Tarn Taran district, Amritsar areas * Jat Muslim 50,424 (21%) mainly Ajnala Riverside area. * Jat Hindu 15,863 (7%) along side Batala Amritsar borders. *Total Jat population 240,735 ==References== {{reflist}} https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105589/mode/1up [[Category:Districts of Punjab, India]] {{multistub|geo|Asia}}