Ludhiana district is one of the 20 districts in the state of Punjab in Northwest India. Ludhiana city, which is district headquarters, is the hub of industry in Punjab. Ludhiana is one of the most centrally located cities of Punjab, which falls in the Malwa region of the State of Punjab. It is sited on the Grand Trunk Road from Delhi to Amritsar. For Administrative purposes it has been placed in the Patiala Division. It is bounded on the north by River Sutlej, which separates it from Jalandhar district. The River also forms its northern boundary with Hoshiarpur district.
On other sides it shares common boundaries with Rupnagar District and Chandigarh Union Territory in the East, Moga District in the West, Sangrur District in the South and Patiala District in the South east respectively. The district is almost rectangular in shape with 96 Kms (east-west) length along side the Sutlej River & 39 Kms breadth from North to South. Geographically the district lies between north latitude 30o34′ and 31o01′ and east longitude 75o18′ and 76o20′. Ludhiana is a part of the Ludhiana-Moga-Ferozepur-Bhatinda-Mukatsar-Faridkot Tourist Circuit in Punjab.
Ludhiana is known as the “Manchester of Punjab” because it is the industrial hub of Punjab. There are many large integrated knitwear factories; around 6,000 small to medium sized knitwear factories, more than 10 big hosiery yarn mills and plenty of small to medium sized worsted and woolen yarns. There are also firms manufacturing bicycles, motorcycle parts, machine tools, sewing machines, generators, diesel engines, tires & tubes, and other consumer goods. The export market in Ludhiana is worth more than $40 million USD. Ludhiana is becoming a hub of auto parts manufacturing. Ludhiana is home to world-renowned educational institutes Punjab Agriculture University, Dayanand medical college, Christian medical college, Baba Jaswant Singh dental college and multiple Engineering institutes.
Ludhiana is famous for the hosiery and woolen industry and is known as the woolen hub for all over India. Quality of textile and woolen product manufactured in Ludhiana is world class, which is exported to all over the world. Besides Cycle and woolen industry, Ludhiana is also a major centre for sewing machines and cast iron & for other foundry materials.
