![]() ![]() ![]() Hoshiarpur district falls into two nearly equal portions of hill and plain country. Besides these, the Kandi region is full of seasonal streams. The two rivers, Sutlej and Beas along with two other seasonal streams, provide drainage to the region. This part of the district is also known as Kandi area. The area, along with the Shivalik foothills on the right side of Chandigarh-Pathankot road in Hoshiarpur, is sub mountainous. Hoshiarpur, along with the districts of Nawanshehar, Kapurthala and parts of Jalandhar, represents one of the cultural regions of Punjab called Doaba or the Bist Doab - the tract of land between two rivers, namely Beas and Sutlej. and a population of 1,586,625 persons as per census 2011. ![]() Hoshiarpur district comprises 4 sub-divisions, 10 community development blocks, 9 urban local bodies and 1417 villages. Hoshiarpur, one of the oldest districts of Punjab, is located in the North-east part of the Punjab state and shares common boundaries with Gurdaspur district in the north-west, Jalandhar district and Kapurthala district in south-west, Kangra district and Una district of Himachal Pradesh in the north-east. Hoshiarpur district is a district of Punjab state in northern India. ![]()
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