Jalandhar, popularly known as City of Sports, named after Jalandhar, a demon king, who finds a mention in the Puranas and Mahabharta. According to another legend, Jalandhar was the capital of the kingdom of lav, son of Rama. According to yet another version Jalandhar is said to have derived its name from the vernacular term `Jalandhar' means area inside the water, i.e. tract laying between the two rivers Satluj and Beas, still another name of Jalandhar had been Trigartta, as it was waters by three rivers, Satluj, Beas and Ravi. is located on the between the Beas and Sutlej rivers. Jalandhar is situated at 710 31' East and 300 33' North at a distance of 146 kms from state capital Chandigarh. It is at a distance of 350 Kms from Delhi on Delhi-Amritsar Highway. It is surrounded by Ludhiana district in East, Kapurthala in West, Hosiharpur in North and Ferozepur in South. It is well connected by road and train. The Raja Sansi Airport, Amritsar is at a distance of 90 kms.
Jalandhar remain the capital of Punjab from India's independence (1947) until Chandigarh was built in 1953. The total area of Jalandhar District, as per the provisional Census 2001, is 3,401 sq. km and total population of the district was 19,53,508 persons (10,26,535 males and 9,26,973 Females).
Jalandhar has 5 tehsils/subdivisions i.e. Jalandhar-I, Jalandhar II, Nakodar, Phillaur and Shahkot. Besides and 5 sub-tehsils, viz. Adampur, Bhogpur, Kartarpur, Goryan and Nurmahal. The Jalandhar district is divided into 10 development blocks, viz, Jalandhar East, Jalandhar West, Bhogpur, Adampur, Nakodar, Shahkot, Phillaur, Nurmahal, Lohian and Rurka Kalan. Jalandhar has 956 inhabited villages.
The climate of the Jalandhar dry except during the brief south-west monsoon season. The cold season is from the middle of November to early part of March. The further period upto the end of June in the summer season, July, August and first half of September constitute the South-West monsoon season. The period from middle September to the middle of November is the post monsoon or transition period.
Jalanadhar has earned name at home abroad in Sports good, pipe fittings, hand tools, rubber goods, leather products, surgical instruments, auto parts, agricultural implements, ball bearings, house hold appliances and valves & cocks.
Jalandhar is the pivot of sports in Punjab. Almost in every team of India, there is the maximum participation of players, belonging to Jalandhar. Sansarpur is known as the nursery of hockey. Many Olympic/international players belong to this village.
Jalandhar is one of the biggest news paper printing centres of India. Almost all the varnacular news papers, magazines in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu are printed here. Dailies are Ajit (Punjabi) Ajit Samachar (Hindi). Punjab Kesri (Hindi), Jgbani(Punjabi), Dainik Jagran (Hindi), Amr Ujala (Hindi), Nawan Zamana (Punjabi), Aj Di Awaaz (Punjabi), Milap (Hindi), Hind Samachar (Urdu), Vir Partap (Hindi) Akali Patrika (Punjabi), Aj ka Jalandhar (Hindi) . There is a All India Radio Station and Doordarshan Kendra.
The temperature of the Jalandhar, after February, begin to rise rapidly. June is generally the hottest month with the mean daily temperature at about 41 Degree and the mean daily minimum at about 27 Degree. Scorching dust laden winds blow on many days in the summer season and the day temperatures on individual days may reach above 45 oC. Afternoon thundershowers which occur on some days during the summer bring welcome relief though only temporarily. With the onset of monsoon by about the end of June or early in July, the day temperature drop down appreciably. But the nights continue to be a warm during the summer. Due to increase moisture in the monsoon air, the weather is often sultry and uncomfortable, in between these rains. After about mid-September when the monsoon withdraws temperatures decrease, the drop in the night temperature being rapid. January is generally the coldest month with the mean daily maximum temperature at about 19oC and the mean daily minimum at about 6 oC. During the winter season. Cold waves effect the district in the rear of western disturbances and the minimum temperature occasionally drops down below the freezing point of water.
For details about Jalandhar District, please visit Official web site of Jalandhar District. The name of website is : www.jalandhar.nic.in
