Punjab is a state in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, Chandigarh to the southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest. The total area of the state is 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles). The population is 24,289,296 (2000). Punjab's capital is Chandigarh, which is administered separately as a Union Territory since it is also the capital of neighbouring Haryana. Other major cities of Punjab include Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala.

Economy
Excluding agriculture other major industries include the manufacture of scientific instruments, electrical goods, machine tools, textiles, tourism, sewing machines, sports goods, starch, fertilizers, bicycles, and the processing of pine oil and sugar.

Macro-economic trend
This is a chart of trend of gross state domestic product of Punjab at market prices estimated by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation with figures in millions of Indian Rupees. The traditional long-term financial policy of the central government is to reward well-performing States.

Year Gross State Domestic Product
1980 50,250
1985 95,060
1990 188,830
1995 386,150
2000 660,100

Divisions
Districts
Punjab state is divided into 20 administrative districts.
Amritsar District
Barnala
Bathinda District
Firozpur District
Fatehgarh Sahib District
Faridkot District
Gurdaspur District
Hoshiarpur District
Jalandhar District
Kapurthala District
Ludhiana District
Mansa District
Moga District
Mohali District
Muktsar District
Nawanshahr District
Patiala District
Rupnagar District
Sangrur District
Tarn Taran District