Jalandhar Sports Goods Leather Doaba NRI Punjab Heritage

Jalandhar district in the Doaba (land between two rivers: Beas and Sutlej) is the sports goods capital of India — Jalandhar produces 70% of India's sports goods including leather footballs, hockey sticks, boxing gloves, and athletic equipment exported to 150+ countries. The district's leather goods industry (Kapurthala Road cluster) processes buffalo hides for shoes, bags, and industrial belts. Jalandhar is the NRI capital of India — the Doaba region sends the highest number of emigrants to UK, Canada, USA, and Australia per capita of any Indian region, and the district receives among the highest remittances in India. The Devi Talab temple is a significant pilgrimage centre, and the district grows wheat and sugarcane on the canal-irrigated plain.