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Firozpur, (pronunciation: [fɪroːzpʊr]) also known as Ferozepur, is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in the Firozpur District of Punjab, India. After the Partition of India in 1947, it became a border town on the India–Pakistan border with memorials to soldiers who died fighting for India. It is located on the banks of the Sutlej River on the India–Pakistan border. The nearby Firozpur Cantonment is a major cantonment of the country.
| Climate data for Firozpur | |||||||||||||
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19(66) | 21(69) | 26(78) | 34(94) | 38(101) | 39(103) | 34(94) | 33(91) | 33(92) | 32(89) | 26(79) | 21(69) | 30(85) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7(44) | 8(47) | 13(55) | 18(65) | 23(73) | 26(79) | 26(79) | 24(76) | 23(74) | 17(63) | 11(52) | 7(45) | 17(63) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20(0.80) | 38(1.50) | 30(1.20) | 20(0.80) | 20(0.80) | 61(2.40) | 229(9.00) | 188(7.40) | 86(3.40) | 5.1(0.20) | 13(0.50) | 20(0.80) | 730.1(28.8) |
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| Religiousgroup | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 2011 | ||||||||
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Hinduism | 19,004 | 48.03% | 23,047 | 45.69% | 21,304 | 43.18% | 21,542 | 42.38% | 24,525 | 45.12% | 28,253 | 43.71% | 34,543 | 41.87% | 77,743 | 70.47% |
| Islam | 17,609 | 44.5% | 22,018 | 43.65% | 24,314 | 49.28% | 23,409 | 46.05% | 24,456 | 45% | 28,464 | 44.04% | 38,390 | 46.53% | 342 | 0.31% |
| Sikhism | 1,207 | 3.05% | 3,387 | 6.72% | 1,635 | 3.31% | 2,951 | 5.8% | 3,025 | 5.57% | 4,439 | 6.87% | 6,457 | 7.83% | 28,961 | 26.25% |
| Jainism | 72 | 0.18% | 407 | 0.81% | 301 | 0.61% | 479 | 0.94% | 476 | 0.88% | 511 | 0.79% | 630 | 0.76% | 148 | 0.13% |
| Christianity | — | — | 1,561 | 3.09% | 1,753 | 3.55% | 2,439 | 4.8% | 1,855 | 3.41% | 2,942 | 4.55% | 1,533 | 1.86% | 2,591 | 2.35% |
| Zoroastrianism | — | — | 15 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.01% | 16 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.03% | 24 | 0.04% | — | — | — | — |
| Buddhism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | — | — | 43 | 0.04% |
| Others | 1,678 | 4.24% | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 949 | 1.15% | 485 | 0.44% |
| Total population | 39,570 | 100% | 50,437 | 100% | 49,341 | 100% | 50,836 | 100% | 54,351 | 100% | 64,634 | 100% | 82,502 | 100% | 110,313 | 100% |