Travel in Amritsar

October 19, 2013
::Cabs and Travel::

Mega Cabs (+91 183 5151515)
City Cabs (+91 183 6060606)

Minimum fare: Rs 50 for first 2.5 Km
Fare above minimum fare: Rs 20 per Km
Waiting Charges per hour: Rs100. Calculated per minute

 

Welcome to Amritsar

October 19, 2013
Area

About Two Thousand seven hundred sq. km
Population density Amritsar district for 2011 is 928 people per sq. km. In 2001, Amritsar district density was at 807 people per sq. km. Amritsar district administers 2,683 square kilometers of areas.
Altitude

234.00 Meters

Population
About 2.5 million (District)
 
About 1.5 million (City)

Literacy


About 68 percent
Amritsar boasts of a commendable literacy rate of 67.85%. The male lead with a 73.58% literacy rate while the female mark a fi...

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About City

October 19, 2013

The city of Amritsar (ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ) historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar) is a city in the north-western part of India. It is the spiritual center for the Sikh religion and the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar district in the North Indian state of Punjab.

It is home to the Harmandir Sahib (referred to as the "Golden Temple" in the western media), the spiritual and cultural center for the Sikh religion. The city also houses the Sikh temp...


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