Punjab G.K

 Punjab State Profile

Punjab State Created on – 1-Nov-1966

Official Language –  Punjabi (13-April-1968)

                       Punjab Official Language Act 1967

Boundaries –     International : Pakistan

         National : J&K, HP, Haryana and Rajasthan 

State Animal	Black Buck (ਕਾਲਾ ਹੀਰਨ)
State Bird	Goshawk (ਬਾਜ)
State Tree	Shisham (ਟਾਹਲੀ)
Capital	Chandigarh
State Secretariat	Chandigarh
State High Court	Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh

 Important Facts

1.     1st CM – Dr.Gopi Chand Bhargava

2.      Present CM – Bhagwant Singh Mann

3.      1st Governor – Chandu lal Madhav lal Trivedi

4.      Present Governor – Banwarilal Purohit

5.      1st Chief Justice of High Court – Justice Ram Lal

6.      Present Chief Justice of High Court – Ravi Shankar Jha

7.      1st Speaker of Vidhan Sabha – Kapur Singh

8.      Present Speaker of Vidhan Sabha – Sardar Jagtar Singh

9.      Present Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha – Rana Kanwar Pal Singh
10.  Lokpal of Punjab – Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty

District Statistics

1.      Most Literate District – Hoshiarpur (84.6%)
2.      Least Literate District – Mansa (61.8%)
3.      Most Populated District – Ludhiana
4.      Least Populated District – Barnala
5.      Largest District (Area Wise) – Ludhiana
6.      Smallest District (Area Wise) – Pathankot
7.      Highest Sex Ratio – Hoshiarpur (961 :1000)
8.      Lowest Sex Ratio – Bathinda (868 : 1000)
9.      District with highest population Density – Ludhiana
10.  District with lowest population Density – Sri Muktsar Sahib

11.  The only Tehsil in Punjab which doesn’t have urban population – Khadur Sahib