of Pakistan for 3 days. Many refugees from Pakistan arrived in Pathankot. In present times, Pathankot is one of a vibrant places in Punjab with lot of hustle bustle making it one of the famous trade markets and that too a pretty busy one. From Pathankot it's pretty ease to travel up in the hills of Dalhousie and Dharmshala. The district today In past, It was a Tehsil of the District Gurdaspur. The present district was formed, as the 22nd district of the state, on 27 July 2011. Pathankot includes the two sub-divisions of Pathankot and Dhar Kalan and the two sub tehsil of Narot Jaimal Singh and Bamial Pathankot has gone through a large number of changes and developments as well. It is called the gateway of Himachal Pradesh and J & K states. Ranjit Sagar Dam the Pride of Punjab has been emerged about 30 km. north east of the town Nowadays Mamoon a suburb of Pathankot is heading towards a biggest army cantonment of Asia. Pathankot had already an Air Force Station and shall be coming on the air map of India very shortly. Surprisingly enough, the town is totally devoid of any monumental evidence to speak of its rich past except a high ridge called Shimla Pahari where the historical fort once existed with some part of rouni around the Gulmohar Tourist Complex. A number of various buildings such as PWD Rest House. Gulmohar Tourist Complex, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Municipal Library. Lal Bahadur Shastri Park, Relay center of Doordarshan, and an office of central PWD are located at the site of the Fort. City and towns There are two statutory Cities Pathankot and Sujanpur in this district. The district also has 12 census towns, according to census 2011. The list of these cities and towns is shown below. Sujanpur ( City Municipal Council) Pathankot ( City Municipal Corporation) Jugial (Township) Narot Jaimal Singh (Nagar Panchayat) Narot Mehra Mamun (Pathankot Urban) Manwal Sarna (Pathankot Urban) Bungal Malikpur (Pathankot Urban) Dunera Dhar Kalan Madhopur Ghrota Other villages and settlements Abadgarh Kataruchak Mirthal, Near Beas river (Last town of Pathankot district) Demographics At the time of the 2011 census, the area that would become Pathankot district had a population of 676,598. Out of these 378,432 were rural and 298,166 urban. Pathankot has a sex ratio of 860 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes are 207,032 (30.60%) of the population.