During the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar, the area formed part of the Sarkar of Sirhind.

[5] It is said that one of the Rai rulers of Raikot, named Rai Kalha (chaudhary of Raikot and Jagraon), gave sanctuary to Guru Gobind Singh in 1705 in the aftermath of the Battle of Chamkaur and Uch-da-Peer (meaning "saint of Uch") episode of the tenth Guru's life, when the Mughal armies were in hot pursuit of the religious leader.

Ranjit Singh was forced to sign the treaty of 'perpetual friendship' with the British, which confined his activities to the right bank of the Sutlej.

[8] The majority of the Muslim population within the district migrated to Pakistan as a result of the communal violence following the Partition of India.

[9] Ludhiana is a centrally located city of Punjab, which is on the Grand Trunk Road from Delhi to Amritsar at latitude 30.55 North and longitude 75.54 East in Northern India.

The alluvium deposited by the river has been worked over by the wind, which gave rise to a number of small dunes and sand mounds.

This climate is characterised by dryness except for a brief spell of monsoon season, a very hot summer, and a bracing winter.

The official weather station for the city is in the compound of the Civil Surgeon's Office to the west of Ludhiana.

[15][16] Industrial water pollution is also of significant concern in portions of Ludhiana, notably along the Budha Dariya.

According to the 2011 census, Ludhiana district has a population of 3,498,739[1] roughly equal to the nation of Panama[18] or the US state of Connecticut.

[19] Ludhiana district has a total of 2,560,225 literates which constitutes 73.5% of the population, of which male literary is 76.5% and female literacy is 69.4%.

Out of the total workforce of the district, 18.7% are engaged in the agriculture sector, 5.6% are working in the household industry, and the rest are employed in other sectors/industries.

The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Ludhiana district.

The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Ludhiana district.

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Ludhiana district by year.

Khanna, Samrala, Sahnewal, Payal and Raikot comes under Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha constituency .Amrinder Singh Raja Warring is the MP from Ludhiana and Dr. Amar Singh is current MP from Fatehgarh Sahib, they both are member of Indian National Congress .