Punjab
Indian state
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Summary
Punjab is a state of India[1]. Punjab draws 12,995 Wikipedia views per month (state of india category, ranking #25 of 44).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: India[3]
- Country: India[4]
- Head of government: Bhagwant Mann[5]
- Head of state: Banwarilal Purohit[6]
- Capital: Chandigarh[7]
- Official language: Punjabi[8]
- Shares border with: Punjab[9], Rajasthan[10], Haryana[11], Himachal Pradesh[12], Jammu and Kashmir[13], Chandigarh[14]
- Named after: Punjab[15]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Jalandhar division[16], Patiala[17], Firozpur division[18], Faridkot division[19], Rupnagar division[20]
- Legislative body: Punjab Legislative Assembly[21]
- Executive body: Punjab Legislative Assembly[22]
- Part of: Indo-Gangetic Plain[23], North India[24], Punjab[25]
- Commons category: Punjab, India[26]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[27]
- Inception: January 1, 1956[28]
- Official website: https://punjab.gov.in/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Punjab, India[30]
- Population: 27,743,338[31]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Punjab[32]
- Office held by head of government: Chief Minister of Punjab[33]
- Replaces: East Punjab[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Punjab, India[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Punjab, India[36]
- Female population: 13,103,873[37]
- Male population: 14,639,465[38]
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Physical Characteristics
Punjab covers an area of 50,362 km²[39].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Punjab include Peucetia punjabensis[40], a taxon[41].
Why It Matters
Punjab has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Punjab is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for Punjab include Peucetia punjabensis[40], a taxon[41].