Punjab

StateIN-PB

State of India.

AsiaCapital: ChandigarhSub-region: NorthernLanguage: Punjabi, Hindi
Population
30.7M
Metros tracked
6
12.5M in metros (41%)
Composite score
9.2
Sum across tracked metros
Type
State
ISO 3166-2: IN-PB
At a glance
Established
1956
Demonym
Punjabi
Area
50,362 km²
Population density
610 /km²
Legislature
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Human Development Index
0.740 (2023)
Lok Sabha seats
13
Rank in India
13th of 36 by composite score
Area rank
20th of 36 by area
Largest tracked metro
Chandigarh

Civic facts via Wikidata.

Punjab metro footprint

6 metros
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Global CapitalContinental MetroMajor MetroRegional HubEstablishedEmergingLocal

Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted. Some metro footprints may extend beyond the state border where the metropolitan area spans state lines.

6 tracked metros

#489Chandigarh★ Capital
4.9
2.1MEmerging Metro
#975Amritsar
1.7
2.5MEmerging Metro
#1230Ludhiana
1.2
3.5MEmerging Metro
#1565Jalandhar
0.7
2.2MLocal Metro
#1815Gurdaspur
0.5
1.6MLocal Metro
#2922Rupnagar
0.2
677KLocal Metro