Punjab State Information

Capital	Chandigarh
Date of formation	1 November 1966
Governor	V P Singh Badnore
Chief Minister	Captain Amarinder Singh
Tourist attractions	Golden Temple, Jallianwalla Bagh, Rock Garden, Leisure Valley
Festivals	Lohri, Baisakhi, Gurpurab
Major dance and music forms	Bhangra and Gidda
Arts and crafts	Phulkari or flower embroidery; wood inlay of Hoshiarpur on black shisham wood.
Languages	Punjabi
Size	50,362 sq. km
Population (Census 2011)	27,704,236
Rivers	Beas, Sutlej, Ravi,
Forests and wildlife sanctuaries	Bir Moti Bagh, Bir Bhunderhari, Bir Dosanjh
State animal	Blackbuck
State bird	Baaz (Accipiter gentilis)
State tree	Shisham
Major crops	Wheat, gram, barley, oil seeds
Factoids	Sikhism, founded by Guru Nanak, is a dominant religion in Punjab. The word ‘Sikh’ means a ‘learner’.
	The first person to give Punjab its independence was Banda Singh Bahadur.
No. of District	22