Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 362
Sex Ratio Rank : 269
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 397 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 45 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Hoshiarpur District
Location
Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the State.
It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in
the Bist Doab, Doaba region of the State. The district is submountainous
and stretches of river Beas in the north-west.
It lies between north latitude
30 degree-9 and 32 degree-05 and east longitude 75degree -32 and
76degree -12’.
It shares common boundaries
with Kangra and Una districts of Himachal Pardesh in the north
east, Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts (interspersed) in south-west
and Gurdaspur district in the north-west.
At present, it has an area
of 3198.2 Sq. Kms. and a population,
as per 1991 Census, is 12,99,261
persons.
Climate
The district has mild climate compared to other districts
of the State. This is due to the abundance of hilly terrain on
the one hand and sizeable forest covers thereon, on the other.
Moreover, chain of check dams constructed recently on the choes
under "Kandi Watershed Development Project" have appreciably enhanced
water surface area in the distict. This has made the summer hights
quite pleasant.
The pattern of seasons in
the district is similar to other districts of the state, except
slight variations at the terminals and year may be divided into
three main seasons. The summer season sets in April and lasts
up to end of June, to be taken over by the rainy season when it
becomes hot and sultry. The rainy season sets in July beginning
and lasts up to September end. The winter season starts after
the rains are over from October and lasts up to March end. May
and June are the hottest months when mercury may cross 45 degree
C on some days. It is pleasantly hot. The months of December,
January and February are the months when winter is quite severe
and mercury may however around 5 degree C and on some days it
may touch O’C.
Rain
The total avg. rain falls in disst. is 1125 mm .Broadly speaking
75 percent of the rainfall is experienced in the period July to
September, Whereas 15 Percent rainfall is experienced in the winter
months of January and February are under the influence of western
disturbances in the Persion Gulf. Hail storms may occur in the
closing period of winter when there is quite a sizeable damage
to fruit crops, especially the mango fruit for which this distict
is quite renowned in the State.
The District comprises of
four Sub-Divisions, ten Development Blocks, eight Municipal Councils
and one Notified Area Committee.
